Tempel van Hercules Victor te Tivoli, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Tempel van Hercules Victor te Tivoli
Avanzi della Villa di Mecenate a Tivoli, costruita do travertini a opera incerta (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-39.360

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 768
• Wilton-Ely 198
• Hind (Piranesi) 65-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de Tempel van Hercules Victor (op prent de Villa Maecenas genoemd) te Tivoli. Titel en verklarende letters op banderol linksonder.

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 456 mm × width 676 mm

What

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

Where

• Temple of Hercules Victor
• Tivoli

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 241, cat.nr. 198
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 57, cat.nr. 65
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 342, cat.nr. 768