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

Title(s)

Pecile in de Villa Adriana te Tivoli
Veduta degli avanzi del Castro Pretorio nella Villa Adriana a 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-39.389

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 824
• Wilton-Ely 227
• Hind (Piranesi) 94-1(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de Pecile (een gigantisch zwembad van 105,50 bij 26 meter) in de tuin van de Villa Adriana te Tivoli. Titel rechtsonder.

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 371 mm × width 657 mm

What

• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• landscape with ruins

Where

• Villa Adriana
• Tivoli

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 270, cat.nr. 227
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 64, cat.nr. 94
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 349, cat.nr. 824