Fragmenten van beschilderde wanden uit de Piramide van Cestius te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1756 - c. 1757

Title(s)

Fragmenten van beschilderde wanden uit de Piramide van Cestius te Rome
Archeologische vondsten in en rond Rome (series title)
Le Antichità Romane (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-39.537

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 330
• Wilton-Ely 463

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Fragmenten van beschilderde wanden uit de Piramide van Cestius te Rome. Verklarende lijst met letters in ondermarge. Genummerd rechtsboven: Tom. III. / XLVIII.

Artist

• print maker: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (mentioned on object)
• print maker: Jean Barbault (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: Rome
print maker: Italy
after own design by: Rome

Dating

c. 1756 - c. 1757

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 390 mm × width 510 mm

What

• painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting)
• ruin of a building ~ architecture

Where

• Piramide van Cestius
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 516, cat.nr. 463
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 308, cat.nr. 330