Tempel van Venus en Roma te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Tempel van Venus en Roma te Rome
Veduta degli avanzi di due Triclini che appartenevano alla Casa aurea di Nerone (...) (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-39.345

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 812
• Wilton-Ely 149
• Hind (Piranesi) 50-3(6)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de Tempel van Venus en Roma op de heuvel Velia in Rome (op prent de eetzaal van de Domus Aurea genoemd). Titel en verklarende nummers in ondermarge.

Artist

• print maker: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Place

Rome

Dating

1748 - 1778

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 413 mm × width 559 mm

What

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

Where

• Tempel van Venus en Roma
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 192, cat.nr. 149
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 347, cat.nr. 812
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 53, cat.nr. 50