Semoni sanco deo fidio sacrvm. Aiscvlapio avgvsto sacrum

Semoni sanco deo fidio sacrvm. Aiscvlapio avgvsto sacrum

Item Information

Title:
Semoni sanco deo fidio sacrvm. Aiscvlapio avgvsto sacrum
Title (translated):
In the previous plates I have represented the Mausoleum and Bridge of Hadrian, with the remains of the ancient Ponte Trionfale [Triumphal Bridge] nearby... in the present figure are shown the locations of the other two bridges, the Quattro Capi [the Four Heads] and the Ferrato...[and inscriptions from the Tiber Island]
Title (alt.):
XIV. Nelle passate Tavole ho rappresentato il Mausoleo e Ponte Elio Adriano, co gli avanzi dell' antico Ponte Trionfale a questo contiguo... nella presente figura la situazione degli altri due Ponti Quattro Capi e Ferrato...
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. 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 4: Piranesi Antichita Romane 4 > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4
Subjects:
Islands
Rivers
Inscriptions
Bridges
Archaeological sites
Places:
Italy > Tiber (river)
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome
Pons Fabricius
Pons Cestius
Isola Tiberina
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 36 x 24 cm, on sheet 61 x 44 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
Italian
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: 482
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4, plate 14.
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 XIV
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.04
Identifier:
19_04_vol4_014
Barcode:
36666001160411