Theater van Marcellus te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1756 - c. 1757

Title(s)

Theater van Marcellus te Rome
Prospetto esterno dell'avanzo de' portici circolari del Teatro di Marcello (...) (title on object)
Archeologische vondsten in en rond Rome (series title)
Le Antichità Romane (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-39.561

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 363
• Wilton-Ely 496

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Opstand en fundering van het Theater van Marcellus te Rome. Titel en verklarende lijst met letters in ondermarge. Genummerd boven: Tom. IV. / XXVIII.

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 392 mm × width 1200 mm × height 51 mm × width 1200 mm

What

• theatre (building)
• theatre (building) - AA - open-air performances

Where

• Theater van Marcellus
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 550, cat.nr. 496
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 309, cat.nr. 363