Pianta, e spaccato delle tre sale sepolcrali, credute della Famiglia di Augusto

Pianta, e spaccato delle tre sale sepolcrali, credute della Famiglia di Augusto

Item Information

Title:
Pianta, e spaccato delle tre sale sepolcrali, credute della Famiglia di Augusto
Title (translated):
Plan and section of the three large tomb chambers thought to belong to the Household of Augustus
Title (alt.):
XL. Pianta, e spaccato delle tre sale sepolcrali, credute della Famiglia di Augusto
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Architetto del. ed inc.
Date:
1756 (created)
1835–1837 (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Plans
Sections
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection
Series:
Piranesi Volume 2: Piranesi Antichità Romane 2 > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 2
Subjects:
Archaeological sites
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Appio Latino (quartiere)
Hostaria Antica Roma, Rome, Italy
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate marks 40 x 49 cm and 5 x 49 cm, on sheet 60 x 90 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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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: 397
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 2, plate 40
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 margin: Tom. II. XL
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.02
Identifier:
19_04_vol02_040
Barcode:
3666001164868