Fundering van de Engelenburcht te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1756 - c. 1757

Title(s)

Fundering van de Engelenburcht te Rome
Veduta del sotterraneo Fondamento del Mausoleo, che fu eretto da Elio Adriano Imp.re (...) (title on object)
Archeologische vondsten in en rond Rome (series title)
Le Antichità Romane (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-39.546

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 341
• Wilton-Ely 474

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de fundering van de Engelenburcht te Rome. Titel en verklarende letters in ondermarge. Genummerd rechtsboven: Tom. IV. IX.

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 695 mm × width 452 mm

What

• mausoleum
• laying the foundations; trench

Where

• Engelenburcht
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• M.C. Escher y sus contemporáneos, p. 28, met afb., cat.nr. fig. 4
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 528, cat.nr. 474
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 308, cat.nr. 341