Urnen, grafzuilen en asvazen in de Villa Corsini, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1756 - c. 1757

Title(s)

Urnen, grafzuilen en asvazen in de Villa Corsini
Urne, cippi, e vasi cenerari di marmo nella Villa Corsini fuori di Porta S. Pancrazio (title on object)
Archeologische vondsten in en rond Rome (series title)
Le Antichità Romane (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-39.469

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 279
• Wilton-Ely 414

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Urnen, grafzuilen en asvazen op een rij in de Villa Corsini. Titel en tekst in ondermarge. Genummerd boven: Tom. II. / LVII.

Artist

• printmaker: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (mentioned on object)

Place

Rome

Dating

c. 1756 - c. 1757

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 400 mm × width 622 mm × height 51 mm × width 630 mm

What

• urn
• container of stone: stone vase
• column (marking grave)

Where

• Italy

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, John Wilton-Ely, p. 466, cat.nr. 414
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Henri Focillon (Henri Joseph) , 1881-1943, p. 306, cat.nr. 279