Vindicibvs.et.protectoribvs bonarvm.artivm I.B.Piranesivs

Vindicibvs.et.protectoribvs bonarvm.artivm I.B.Piranesivs

Item Information

Title:
Vindicibvs.et.protectoribvs bonarvm.artivm I.B.Piranesivs
Title (translated):
G.B. Piranesi [dedicates this work] to the champions and defenders of the fine arts
Title (alt.):
II. Frontispiece to Volume IV: Vindicibus.et.protectoribus.bonarum.artium.I.B.Piranesius
Description:
A monumental Roman harbor.
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Gio. Batta. Piranesi invent. ed incise
Date:
1756 (created)
1835–1837 (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Frontispieces
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection
Series:
Piranesi Volume 4: Piranesi Antichita Romane 4 > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4
Subjects:
Boats
Harbors
Columns
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 41 x 55 cm, on sheet 60 x 90 cm
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Language:
Latin
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title and translated title from the catalogue raisonné. The English translation is of the alternative title.
Wilton-Ely I: 471
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4, plate 2.
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 left. Lettered with volume and plate information, plate upper left: II Tom IV
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.04
Identifier:
19_04_vol4_001
Barcode:
36666001160296