Graftombe langs de Via Appia, Herman van Swanevelt, 1652 - 1653

Title(s)

Graftombe langs de Via Appia
Sepultura in Viea apia (title on object)
Titelblad en twaalf gezichten op Rome en omgeving (series title)
Diverses veuës dedans et dehors de Rome (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-60.891

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 54-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Voor het huis naast de graftombe staan enkele figuren en drie reizigers wandelen over de Via Appia langs de ommuurde begraafplaats.

Artist

• print maker: Herman van Swanevelt (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Herman van Swanevelt
• publisher: Herman van Swanevelt (mentioned on object)
• Lodewijk XIV (koning van Frankrijk) (mentioned on object)

Place

Paris

Dating

1652 - 1653

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 115 mm × width 179 mm

What

• landscapes
• grave, tomb
• landscape with other man-made constructions not mentioned above, e.g.: graveyards, playgrounds, etc.
• rural housing, e.g. country-house, villa, cottage

Where

• Via Appia Antica

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Samuel de Swaef to Jan Thesing, p. 76, cat.nr. 54