Boston Public LibraryThe Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection / Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778). Etchings
Tavola topografica di Roma
Item Information
- Title:
- Tavola topografica di Roma
- Title (translated):
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Topographical map of Rome, showing hydraulic and defensive systems
- Title (alt.):
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XXXVIII. Tavola topografica di Roma
- Artist:
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
- Name on Item:
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Piranesi Archit. dis. inc
- Date:
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1756
(created)
1835–1837 (issued)
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Topographic maps
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection
- Series:
- Piranesi Volume 1: Piranesi Antichità Romane: Opera del Cavaliere > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 1
- Subjects:
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Cities & towns
Hydraulic facilities
Forts & fortifications
- Places:
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Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 84 x 60 cm, on sheet 98 x 68 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/br86c032p
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Language:
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Italian
- Notes:
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Title from item.
Alternative title and translated title from the catalogue raisonné. The English translation is of the alternative title.
Wilton-Ely I: 352
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 1, plate 38
- Notes (acquisition):
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Gift; Thomas Gold Appleton; 1869
- Notes (date):
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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):
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Wilton-Ely, John. "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings. Volume I." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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Fold-out plate. Signature, lower left. Lettered with volume and plate information, plate upper right: Tom I XXXVIII
- Accession #:
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Tosti D.4 V.01
- Identifier:
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19_04_vol01_038
- Barcode:
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3666001165253
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