Bibliotheek in de Villa Adriana te Tivoli, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Bibliotheek in de Villa Adriana te Tivoli
Avanzi di una Sala appartenente al Castro Pretorio nella Villa Adriana in Tivoli (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-39.407

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 831
• Wilton-Ely 245
• Hind (Piranesi) 112-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de bibliotheek in de Villa Adriana te Tivoli, ook Huis der Filosofen genoemd. Titel in vlak midden onder.

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 442 mm × width 575 mm

What

• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• landscape with ruins
• study; 'studiolo'; library
• villa

Where

• Villa Adriana
• Tivoli

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 288, cat.nr. 245
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 68, cat.nr. 112
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 337, cat.nr. 831