Piazza del Quirinale te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Piazza del Quirinale te Rome (title on object)
Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo (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-2009-637

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 808
• Wilton-Ely 142
• Hind (Piranesi) 15-3 of 4(6)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: ‘Minister[...]’

Description

Gezicht op het Piazza del Quirinale op de Quirinaalheuvel te Rome met het Palazzo del Quirinale en de Fontana di Monte Cavallo (fontein met Castor en Pollux). Titel en verklarende lijst met nummers in ondermarge.

Artist

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

Place

Rome

Dating

1748 - 1778

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 394 mm × width 548 mm

What

• one of the Dioscuri: Castor, the horse-tamer
• one of the Dioscuri: Pollux, the boxer
• piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture
• square, place, circus, etc.
• ornamental fountain
• hôtel, i.e. small palace in city

Where

• Piazza del Quirinale
• Palazzo del Quirinale
• Fontana di Monte Cavallo
• Rome

Credit line

• Transfer Instituut Collectie Nederland

Acquisition

transferred 2008

Copyright

Public domain

• Herkomst gezocht : deelrapportage, dl. 5, p. 32
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 185, cat.nr. 142
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 42, cat.nr. 15
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 346, cat.nr. 808