A. Vasi di color di metallo dipinti negli scompartimenti delle pareti della stanza, qui trasportati della stessa grandezza

A. Vasi di color di metallo dipinti negli scompartimenti delle pareti della stanza, qui trasportati della stessa grandezza

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Title:
A. Vasi di color di metallo dipinti negli scompartimenti delle pareti della stanza, qui trasportati della stessa grandezza
Title (translated):
A. Metallic-colored vase painted on the plaster of the wall of the room...
Title (alt.):
XLVII. A. Vasi di color di metallo dipinti negli scompartimenti delle pareti della stanza...
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. ed 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
Pyramids
Architectural decorations & ornaments
Pyramid of Cestius (Rome, Italy)
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Testaccio (rione)
Piramide di Caio Cestio
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 52 x 40 cm, on sheet 89 x 60 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/br86c2633
Terms of Use:
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: 462
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 3, plate 47
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. III. XLVII
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.03
Identifier:
19_04_vol03_047
Barcode:
3666001165808