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

Title(s)

Thermen van Diocletianus te Rome
Veduta degli avanzi superiori delle Terme di Dioclaziano (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-39.411

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 833
• Wilton-Ely 249
• Hind (Piranesi) 116-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de Thermen van Diocletianus, met daarin de Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, te Rome. Titel en verklarende lijst met nummers in ondermarge.

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 445 mm × width 697 mm

What

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

Where

• Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
• Thermen van Diocletianus
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 292, cat.nr. 249
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 69, cat.nr. 116
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 350, cat.nr. 833