Boston Public LibraryThe Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection / Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778). Etchings
Gratiani trivmfalis principis pontem aeternitate avgvsti nominis
Item Information
- Title:
- Gratiani trivmfalis principis pontem aeternitate avgvsti nominis
- Title (translated):
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A. Plan of the Ponte Ferrato, called the Bridge of Cestius by antiquarians...
- Title (alt.):
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XXII. A. Pinata del Ponte Ferrato detto dagl' antiquari Cestio...
- Description:
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With inscriptions.
- Artist:
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
- Name on Item:
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Piranesi Archit. dis. ed. inc.
- Date:
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1756
(created)
1835–1837 (issued)
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Plans
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection
- Series:
- Piranesi Volume 4: Piranesi Antichita Romane 4 > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4
- Subjects:
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Inscriptions
Bridges
- Places:
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Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome
Pons Cestius
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 36 x 61 cm, on sheet 61 x 91 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rb68z006n
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Language:
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Italian
Latin
- Notes:
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Title from item.
Alternative title and translated title from the catalogue raisonné. The English translation is of the alternative title.
Wilton-Ely I: 490
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4, plate 22.
- Notes (acquisition):
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Gift; Thomas Gold Appleton; 1869
- Notes (date):
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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):
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Wilton-Ely, John. "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings. Volume I." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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Signature, lower right. Lettered with volume and plate information, plate upper margin: Tom IV XXII
- Accession #:
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Tosti D.4 V.04
- Identifier:
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19_04_vol4_022
- Barcode:
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36666001160494
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