Tombe van Caecilia Metella te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Tombe van Caecilia Metella te Rome
Sepolcro di Cecilia Metella (...) (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-39.362

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 772
• Wilton-Ely 200
• Hind (Piranesi) 67-2(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de Tombe van Caecilia Metella aan de Via Appia Antica net buiten Rome. Titel en verklarende letters op blok linksonder.

Artist

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

Place

Rome

Dating

1748 - 1778

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 459 mm × width 637 mm

What

• grave, tomb
• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
• landscape with ruins
• ruin of a building ~ architecture

Where

• Tombe van Caecilia Metella
• Via Appia Antica
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, John Wilton-Ely, p. 243, cat.nr. 200
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Henri Focillon (Henri Joseph) , 1881-1943, p. 342, cat.nr. 772
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Arthur Mayger 1880-1957 Hind, p. 57, cat.nr. 67