Fontana dell'Acqua Felice te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Identification

Title(s)

Fontana dell'Acqua Felice te Rome
Veduta del Castello dell'Acqua Felice (...) (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-39.317

Catalogue reference

Focillon 735
Wilton-Ely 187
Hind (Piranesi) 20-2(5)

Description

Gezicht op de Fontana dell'Acqua Felice (Mozesfontein) te Rome. Op de achtergrond de Santa Maria della Vittoria. Titel op banderol midden onder.

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 402 mm × width 685 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. 230, cat.nr. 187
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 338, cat.nr. 735
Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 44, cat.nr. 20

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.66381

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