Boog van Titus te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Boog van Titus te Rome
Veduta dell'Arco di Tito (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-39.393

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 755
• Wilton-Ely 231
• Hind (Piranesi) 98-1(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de Boog van Titus op het Forum Romanum te Rome. Op de achtergrond onder andere de Capitoolheuvel en de Basilica van Maxentius (op de prent Tempio della Pace genoemd).

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 477 mm × width 711 mm

What

• landscape with ruins
• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• triumphal arch

Where

• Boog van Titus
• Forum Romanum
• Basilica van Maxentius
• Tempel van Jupiter Stator
• Capitool
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 274, cat.nr. 231
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 65, cat.nr. 98
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 340, cat.nr. 755