A. Avanzo del Mausoleo del Elio Adriano Impre. oggi ridotto nella principal fortezza di Roma, chiamata Castel Sant'Angelo

A. Avanzo del Mausoleo del Elio Adriano Impre. oggi ridotto nella principal fortezza di Roma, chiamata Castel Sant'Angelo

Item Information

Title:
A. Avanzo del Mausoleo del Elio Adriano Impre. oggi ridotto nella principal fortezza di Roma, chiamata Castel Sant'Angelo
Title (translated):
A. Remains of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian, today converted into the principal fortress of Rome, called Castel S. Angelo
Title (alt.):
IX. A. Avanzo del Mausoleo del Elio Adriano Impre. oggi ridotto nella principal fortezza di Roma, chiamata Castel Sant'Angelo...
Description:
Large fold-out section showing the foundations of the Mausoleum and adjacent bridge.
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. et inc.
Date:
1756 (created)
1835–1837 (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Sections
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:
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Bridges
Archaeological sites
Rivers
Foundations
Museo nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome
Ponte Sant'Angelo
Castel Sant'Angelo
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 45 x 140 cm, on sheet 62 x 162 cm
Permalink:
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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: 477
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4, plate 6.
This plate is numbered IX (9) in the alternative title based on original Piranesi numbering. This plate was numbered VI (6) on the item in the second edition.
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 IV VI
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.04
Identifier:
19_04_vol4_006
Barcode:
36666001160361