Waterval in Tivoli, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1766

Title(s)

Waterval in Tivoli
Veduta della Cascata di Tivoli (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-39.370

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 779
• Wilton-Ely 208
• Hind (Piranesi) 75-2(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de waterval te Tivoli. Titel op blok rechtsonder.

Artist

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

Place

Rome

Dating

1766

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 478 mm × width 710 mm

What

• waterfall
• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

Where

• Tivoli

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 251, cat.nr. 208
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 59, cat.nr. 75
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 343, cat.nr. 779