Zuil van Marcus Aurelius te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Zuil van Marcus Aurelius te Rome
Colonna Antonina (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-39.347

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 799
• Wilton-Ely 151
• Hind (Piranesi) 52-4(7)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de Zuil van Marcus Aurelius op Piazza Colonna te Rome. 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 549 mm × width 403 mm

What

• triumphal column with helical friezes
• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
• square, place, circus, etc.

Where

• Zuil van Marcus Aurelius
• Piazza Colonna
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 194, cat.nr. 151
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 54, cat.nr. 52
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 345, cat.nr. 799