Veduta degli avanzi de' Mausolei, e delle fabbriche sepolcrale sparse per la Via Appia, cinque miglia in circa, da Porta S. Sebastiano distante

Veduta degli avanzi de' Mausolei, e delle fabbriche sepolcrale sparse per la Via Appia, cinque miglia in circa, da Porta S. Sebastiano distante

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Title:
Veduta degli avanzi de' Mausolei, e delle fabbriche sepolcrale sparse per la Via Appia, cinque miglia in circa, da Porta S. Sebastiano distante
Title (translated):
View of the remains of the mausolea and of the funerary structures spread out along the Appian Way, about five miles from Porta S. Sebastiano
Title (alt.):
VIII. Veduta degli avanzi de' Mausolei e delle fabbriche sepolcrale sparse per la Via Appia, cinque miglia in circa, da Porta S. Sebastiano distante
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. et inc.
Date:
1756 (created)
1835–1837 (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection
Series:
Piranesi Volume 3: Piranesi Antichità Romane 3 > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 3
Subjects:
Archaeological sites
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Appio Pignatelli (quartiere)
Via Appia antica
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 36 x 60 cm, on sheet 61 x 90 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75g901s
Terms of Use:
No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
Italian
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title and translated title from the catalogue raisonné. The English translation is of the alternative title.
Wilton-Ely I: 428
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 3, plate 8
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Thomas Gold Appleton; 1869
Notes (date):
Dates supplied by cataloger from catalogue raisonné. Plates from this series originally created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1756. His son Francesco and his daughter Laura both worked with him and, after his death, maintained the original plates. The twenty-nine volumes in Boston Public Library’s Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection were assembled and published in Paris from 1835-1837.
Notes (citation):
Wilton-Ely, John. "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings. Volume I." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Signature, lower right. Lettered with volume and plate information, plate upper left: VIII. Tom. III
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.03
Identifier:
19_04_vol03_008
Barcode:
3666001165410