Forum van Nerva te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Forum van Nerva te Rome
Veduta degli avanzi del Foro di Nerva (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-39.390

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 750
• Wilton-Ely 228
• Hind (Piranesi) 95-1(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van het Forum van Nerva 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 478 mm × width 714 mm

What

• landscape with ruins
• ruin of a building ~ architecture

Where

• Forum van Nerva
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 271, cat.nr. 228
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 64, cat.nr. 95
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 340, cat.nr. 750