Tempel van Saturnus te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Tempel van Saturnus te Rome
Altra Veduta degli avanzi del Pronao del Tempio della Concordia (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-39.405

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 830
• Wilton-Ely 243
• Hind (Piranesi) 110-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de Tempel van Saturnus op het Forum Romanum te Rome. Op de achtergrond de Boog van Septimius Severus en de Santi Luca e Martina. Titel en verklarende nummers in vlak 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 470 mm × width 695 mm

What

• church (exterior)
• Roman Catholic Church
• temple, shrine ~ Roman religion
• triumphal arch
• landscape with ruins

Where

• Santi Luca e Martina
• Forum Romanum
• Boog van Septimius Severus
• Tempel van Saturnus
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 286, cat.nr. 243
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 67, cat.nr. 110
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 350, cat.nr. 830