Santa Croce in Gerusalemme te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Identification

Title(s)

Santa Croce in Gerusalemme te Rome
Veduta della Facciata della Basilica di S. Croce in Gerusalemme (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-OB-39.309

Catalogue reference

Focillon 729
Wilton-Ely 173
Hind (Piranesi) 11-3(6)

Description

Gezicht op de façade van de Santa Croce in Gerusalemme te Rome. Titel en verklarende nummers in ondermarge.

Creation

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 and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 405 mm × width 615 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

Where

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 216, cat.nr. 173
Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 41, cat.nr. 11
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 337, cat.nr. 729

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.66372

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