Thermen van Diocletianus te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Thermen van Diocletianus te Rome
Veduta degli avanzi superiori delle Terme di Diocleziano a S. Maria degli Angeli (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-39.410

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 834
• Wilton-Ely 248
• Hind (Piranesi) 115-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de Thermen van Diocletianus te Rome. Titel 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 469 mm × width 702 mm

What

• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• landscape with ruins
• public baths

Where

• Thermen van Diocletianus
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 291, cat.nr. 248
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 68, cat.nr. 115
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 350, cat.nr. 834