Title(s)

Piramide van Cestius te Rome
Sepolcro e piramide di C. Cestio ristaurata a N. S. papa Alesandro VII (title on object)
Moderne gebouwen te Rome (series title)
Il nuovo teatro di Roma Moderna (series title)
Magesyn der Italiaense gebouwen (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1957-653-64-3

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 120-1(2)

Description

Gezicht op de Piramide van Cestius, de Aureliaanse muur en de Porta San Paolo te Rome. Verklarende nummers in ondermarge. De prent maakt deel uit van een album.

Artist

• print maker: Giovanni Battista Falda (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Giovanni Battista Falda (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi (mentioned on object)
• Alexander VII (mentioned on object)
• Mario Chigi
• Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi

Place

print maker: Rome
after own design by: Rome
publisher: Rome
Vaticaanstad
Italy
Rome

Dating

1665

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 167 mm × width 285 mm

What

• pyramid (historical grave form)
• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
• landscape with ruins
• city-gate

Where

• Piramide van Cestius
• Aureliaanse muur
• Porta San Paolo

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1957

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Magesyn der Italiaense gebouwen (RP-P-1957-653)

• Italian masters of the seventeenth century, Paolo Bellini, dl. 47 commentary 2, p. 100, cat.nr. 120