Plattegrond van de Tombe van Alexander Severus, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1756 - c. 1757

Title(s)

Plattegrond van de Tombe van Alexander Severus
Archeologische vondsten in en rond Rome (series title)
Le Antichità Romane (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-36.847

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 253
• Wilton-Ely 388

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Plattegrond van de Tombe van Alexander Severus buiten de Porta San Giovanni. Rechts onder antieke resten waaronder een Korinthisch kapiteel. Genummerd linksboven: Tom. II. Genummerd rechtsboven: XXXI. Verklarende lijst met letters in ondermarge.

Artist

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

Place

Rome

Dating

c. 1756 - c. 1757

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 401 mm × width 260 mm

What

• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• Corinthian order ~ architecture
• plan ~ architecture

Where

• Porta San Giovanni

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 440, cat.nr. 388
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 305, cat.nr. 253