Boston Public LibraryThe Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection / Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778). Etchings
Questa tavola contiene la parti in grande degli ornamenti della camera sepolcrale de liberti e servi e.c. della famiglia di Augusto
Questa tavola contiene la parti in grande degli ornamenti della camera sepolcrale de liberti e servi e.c. della famiglia di Augusto
Item Information
- Title:
- Questa tavola contiene la parti in grande degli ornamenti della camera sepolcrale de liberti e servi e.c. della famiglia di Augusto
- Title (translated):
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This plate shows details of the ornaments of the tomb chamber of the freedmen and slaves etc. of the family of Augustus
- Title (alt.):
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XV. Questa tavola contiene la parti in grande degli ornamenti della camera sepolcrale de liberti e servi e.c. della famiglia di Augusto
- Description:
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Plates by G. Rossi.
- Engraver:
- Rossi, Girolamo, 1682-1762?
- Name on Item:
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Girolamo Rossi sculp
- Date:
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1756
(created)
1835–1837 (issued)
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection
- Series:
- Piranesi Volume 3: Piranesi Antichità Romane 3 > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 3
- Subjects:
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Architectural decorations & ornaments
Urns
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
- Places:
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Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Appio Latino (quartiere)
Hostaria Antica Roma, Rome, Italy
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate marks 48 x 38 cm and 4 x 38 cm, on sheet 90 x 60 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/br86c2209
- 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: Plates by G. Rossi, page 494
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 3, plate 25
- 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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Signature, lower right. Lettered with volume and plate information, plate upper margin: Tom. III. XXV
- Accession #:
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Tosti D.4 V.03
- Identifier:
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19_04_vol03_025
- Barcode:
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3666001165584
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