Boog van Trajanus te Benevento, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Identification

Title(s)

Boog van Trajanus te Benevento
Veduta dell'Arco di Benevento nel Regno di Napoli (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-1961-85

Catalogue reference

Focillon 823
Wilton-Ely 268
Hind (Piranesi) 135-2(4)

Inscriptions / marks

collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de Boog van Trajanus te Benevento. Titel op een blok rechtsonder. Genummerd rechtsonder: 94.

Creation

Artist

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

Place

Rome

Dating

1748 - 1778

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 477 mm × width 720 mm

Explanatory note

Deze prent maakt deel uit van de serie 'Vedute di Roma'. Piranesi werkte aan deze 135 platen tellende serie tussen 1748 en zijn dood in 1778. Francesco Piranesi voegde later nog twee prenten toe aan de reeks van zijn vader.

Subject

What

triumphal arch

Where

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

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

Acquisition

purchase 1961

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 73, cat.nr. 268
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 349, cat.nr. 823
Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 73, cat.nr. 135

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.164945

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