Canopus in de Villa Adriana te Tivoli, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Canopus in de Villa Adriana te Tivoli
Avanzi del Tempio del Dio Canopo nella Villa Adriana in 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-39.385

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 844
• Wilton-Ely 223
• Hind (Piranesi) 90-2(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de ruïne van de Canopus in de Villa Adriana te Tivoli. Titel en lijst met verklarende letters in vlak midden onder.

Artist

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

Place

Rome

Dating

1748 - 1778

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 455 mm × width 587 mm

What

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

Where

• Villa Adriana
• Tivoli

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 266, cat.nr. 223
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 63, cat.nr. 90
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 351, cat.nr. 844