Aquaduct van Nero te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Aquaduct van Nero te Rome
Avanzi degl'Aquedotti Neroniani che si volevano distruggere per la loro vecchiezza (...) (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-39.413

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 850
• Wilton-Ely 251
• Hind (Piranesi) 118-1(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van het Aquaduct van Nero te Rome. 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 490 mm × width 710 mm

What

• aqueduct (~ water supply)
• landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct
• landscape with ruins

Where

• Aquaduct van Nero
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, cat.nr. 251
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 352, cat.nr. 850
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 69, cat.nr. 118