Boog van Septimius Severus te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Boog van Septimius Severus te Rome
Veduta dell'Arco di Settimio Severo (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-39.394

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 754
• Wilton-Ely 232
• Hind (Piranesi) 99-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de Boog van Septimius Severus op het Forum Romanum te Rome. Titel op blok 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 476 mm × width 710 mm

What

• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• triumphal arch

Where

• Boog van Septimius Severus
• Forum Romanum
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 275, cat.nr. 232
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 65, cat.nr. 99
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 340, cat.nr. 754