Zuil van Trajanus te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Zuil van Trajanus te Rome
Colonna Trajana (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-39.346

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 798
• Wilton-Ely 150
• Hind (Piranesi) 51-4(7)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de Zuil van Trajanus op het Forum van Trajanus te Rome. Op de achtergrond rechts de Santissimo Nome di Maria. 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 550 mm × width 409 mm

What

• triumphal column with helical friezes
• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

Where

• Zuil van Trajanus
• Forum van Trajanus
• Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 193, cat.nr. 150
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 53, cat.nr. 51
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 345, cat.nr. 798