Tombe van Aspasia Annia Regilla te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Tombe van Aspasia Annia Regilla te Rome
Veduta del Tempio delle Camene (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-39.401

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 827
• Wilton-Ely 239
• Hind (Piranesi) 106-1(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de Tombe van Aspasia Annia Regilla, echtgenote van Herodes Atticus, te Rome (op de prent de Tempel van de Camenae genoemd). Titel en verklarende letters op blok linksonder.

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 478 mm × width 715 mm

What

• grave, tomb
• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
• landscape with ruins

Where

• Rome
• Tombe van Aspasia Annia Regilla

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 282, cat.nr. 239
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 67, cat.nr. 106
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 349, cat.nr. 827