Prospetto esterno dell'avanzo de' portici circolari del Teatro di Marcello, i quali abbracciavano la scena inoggi del tutto rovinata

Prospetto esterno dell'avanzo de' portici circolari del Teatro di Marcello, i quali abbracciavano la scena inoggi del tutto rovinata

Item Information

Title:
Prospetto esterno dell'avanzo de' portici circolari del Teatro di Marcello, i quali abbracciavano la scena inoggi del tutto rovinata
Title (translated):
External view of the remains of the circular arcade of the Theater of Marcellus...
Title (alt.):
XVIII. Prospetto esterno dell'avanzo de' portici circolari del Teatro di Marcello
Description:
With section of its foundations.
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. et scul.
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:
Open-air theaters
Archaeological sites
Foundations
Arcades (Architectural components)
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Sant'Angelo (rione)
Teatro di Marcello
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 45 x 120 cm, on sheet 61 x 153 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: 496
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4, plate 28.
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):
Fold-out plate. Signature, lower right. Lettered with volume and plate information, plate upper margin: Tom IV XXVIII
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.04
Identifier:
19_04_vol4_028
Barcode:
36666001163258