Interieur van het Colosseum te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Interieur van het Colosseum te Rome
Veduta dell'interno dell'Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo (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-39.373

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 760
• Wilton-Ely 211
• Hind (Piranesi) 78-3(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht in het Colosseum te Rome. Titel op blok 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 457 mm × width 695 mm

What

• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
• landscape with ruins
• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• theatre (building) - AA - open-air performances

Where

• Colosseum
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 254, cat.nr. 211
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 60, cat.nr. 78
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 341, cat.nr. 760