Graftombe bij de Torre de' Schiavi, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1756 - c. 1757

Title(s)

Graftombe bij de Torre de' Schiavi
Veduta degli Avanzi di Fabbrica magnifica sepolcrale co'sue Rovine, la quale se vede vicina a Torre de' Schiavi un miglio e mezzo in circa fuori di Porta Maggiore (title on object)
Archeologische vondsten in en rond Rome (series title)
Le Antichità Romane (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-39.471

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 282
• Wilton-Ely 417

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van een graftombe vlakbij de Torre de' Schiavi. Titel in ondermarge. Genummerd boven: Tom. II. / LX.

Artist

• print maker: 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 398 mm × width 525 mm

What

• grave, tomb
• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• landscape with ruins
• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

Where

• Italy

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 469, cat.nr. 417
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 306, cat.nr. 282