Tempel van Vesta en de Tempel van de Tiburtijnse Sibille in Tivoli, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Tempel van Vesta en de Tempel van de Tiburtijnse Sibille in Tivoli
Veduta del tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli (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-1941-683

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 764
• Wilton-Ely 194
• Hind (Piranesi) 61-1(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de Tempel van Vesta (op prent Tempel van de Sibille genoemd) en de Tempel van de Tiburtijnse Sibille in Tivoli. Titel en tekst in ondermarge.

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 424 mm × width 637 mm

What

• temple, shrine ~ Roman religion
• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
• landscape with ruins
• ruin of a building ~ architecture

Where

• Tempel van Vesta
• Tempel van de Tiburtijnse Sibille
• 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. 237, cat.nr. 194
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 341, cat.nr. 764
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 56, cat.nr. 61