Basilica van Maxentius te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Basilica van Maxentius te Rome
Veduta degli avanzi del Tablino della Casa aurea di Nerone detti volgarmente il Tempio della Pace (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-39.409

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 751
• Wilton-Ely 247
• Hind (Piranesi) 114-1(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de Basilica van Maxentius op het Forum Romanum te Rome. Op de achtergrond het Colosseum. Titel en verklarende letters in vlak rechtsonder.

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 489 mm × width 711 mm

What

• landscape with ruins
• ruin of a building ~ architecture

Where

• Basilica van Maxentius
• Forum Romanum
• Colosseum
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 290, cat.nr. 247
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 68, cat.nr. 114
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 340, cat.nr. 751