Villa Adriana te Tivoli, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Villa Adriana te Tivoli
Veduta degli Avanzi della Circonferenza delle antiche Fabbriche di una delle Piazze delle Villa Adriana (title on object)
Gezichten op Rome (series title)
Vedute di Roma disegnate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi architetto Ve(nez)iano (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1941-667

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 846
• Wilton-Ely 265
• Hind (Piranesi) 132-1(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de Villa Adriana te Tivoli. Titel op een blok midden onder.

Artist

• print maker: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Place

Rome

Dating

1748 - 1778

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 474 mm × width 624 mm

What

• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• landscape with ruins
• villa

Where

• Villa Adriana
• Tivoli

Credit line

• J.W.E. vom Rath Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1941

Copyright

Public domain

• Familie Vom Rath-Bunge te Amsterdam : en de nalatenschap van J.W.E. vom Rath (1863-1940)
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 308, cat.nr. 265
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, cat.nr. 132
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 351, cat.nr. 846