L Fabricivs c f Cvr viar facivndvm coeravit

L Fabricivs c f Cvr viar facivndvm coeravit

Item Information

Title:
L Fabricivs c f Cvr viar facivndvm coeravit
Title (translated):
A. Inscription incised in the voussoir blocks of one of the large arches of the Bridge of Fabricius (today called the Ponte dei Quattro Capi [Bridge of the Four Heads]) from the side adjacent to the Theater of Marcellus...
Title (alt.):
XVII. A. Iscrizione incisa ne' Cunei d'uno dei grand' Archi del Ponte Fabricio (oggi detto de' Quattro Capi) dalla parte accanto l Teatro di Marcello...
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 4: Piranesi Antichita Romane 4 > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4
Subjects:
Inscriptions
Bridges
Archaeological sites
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome
Pons Fabricius
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 38 x 52 cm, on sheet 61 x 91 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rb68xz96f
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: 485
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4, plate 17.
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 right: Tom IV XVII
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.04
Identifier:
19_04_vol4_017
Barcode:
36666001160445