Tempel van Vesta te Tivoli, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Tempel van Vesta te Tivoli
Altra 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-1941-684

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 766
• Wilton-Ely 196
• Hind (Piranesi) 63-2(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• number: ‘46’

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de Tempel van Vesta te Tivoli (op prent Tempel van de Sibille genoemd). Titel en verklarende nummers linksonder.

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 620 mm × width 440 mm

What

• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• landscape with ruins
• temple, shrine ~ Roman religion

Where

• Tivoli
• Tempel van Vesta

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. 239, cat.nr. 196
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 57, cat.nr. 63
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 341, cat.nr. 766