Tempel van Vespasianus en Titus, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Tempel van Vespasianus en Titus
Veduta del Tempio di Giove Tonante (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-39.339

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 819
• Wilton-Ely 182
• Hind (Piranesi) 44-3(6)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de Tempel van Vespasianus en Titus te Rome (op prent Tempel van Jupiter Tonans genoemd). Titel, onderschrift 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 400 mm × width 601 mm

What

• temple, shrine ~ Roman religion
• landscape with ruins
• ruin of a building ~ architecture

Where

• Tempel van Vespasianus en Titus
• Forum Romanum
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 225, cat.nr. 182
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 51, cat.nr. 44
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 348, cat.nr. 819