Frammenti della camera sepolcrale dirimpetto alla Chiesa di S. Sebast.o fuori delle Mura

Frammenti della camera sepolcrale dirimpetto alla Chiesa di S. Sebast.o fuori delle Mura

Item Information

Title:
Frammenti della camera sepolcrale dirimpetto alla Chiesa di S. Sebast.o fuori delle Mura
Title (translated):
Fragments from the tomb chamber opposite the Church of San Sebastiano fuori delle Mura [St. Sebastian outside the Walls]
Title (alt.):
XLV. Frammenti della camera sepolcrale dirimpetto alla Chiesa di S. Sebast.o fuori delle mura
Description:
Figures by J. Barbault.
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. ed inc. Barbault scolpi le fig.
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 2: Piranesi Antichità Romane 2 > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 2
Subjects:
Sarcophagi
Architectural decorations & ornaments
Archaeological sites
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Basilica di S. Sebastiano (Rome, Italy)
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Ardeatino (quartiere)
Catacombe di San Sebastiano
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate marks 38 x 52 cm and 5 x 52 cm, on sheet 61 x 90 cm
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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: 402
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 2, plate 45
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):
Signatures, Piranesi lower left, Barbault lower right. Lettered with volume and plate information, plate upper margin: Tom. II. XLV
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.02
Identifier:
19_04_vol02_045
Barcode:
3666001164918