Tempel van Hercules Invictus te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Tempel van Hercules Invictus te Rome
Veduta del Tempio di Cibele a Piazza della Bocca della Verità (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-39.342

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 820
• Wilton-Ely 183
• Hind (Piranesi) 47-2(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de Tempel van Hercules Invictus op het Forum Boarium te Rome (op prent Tempel van Portunus genoemd). Titel, onderschrift en lijst met verklarende 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 598 mm

What

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

Where

• Tempel van Hercules Invictus
• Forum Boarium
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 226, cat.nr. 183
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 52, cat.nr. 47
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 348, cat.nr. 820