Doorsnedes van het Theater van Marcellus te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1756 - c. 1757

Title(s)

Doorsnedes van het Theater van Marcellus te Rome
Sezione trasversale de' cunei inferiori del teatro di Marcello (title on object)
Archeologische vondsten in en rond Rome (series title)
Le Antichità Romane (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-36.872

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 366
• Wilton-Ely 499

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Twee doorsnedes van het Theater van Marcellus te Rome. Genummerd linksboven: Tom. IV. Genummerd rechtsboven: XXXI. Titel midden boven en 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 427 mm × width 259 mm

What

• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• plan ~ architecture
• theatre (building)

Where

• Theater van Marcellus

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 553, cat.nr. 499
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 309, cat.nr. 366