Sezione di uno de' cunei del Teatro di Marcello corrispondente colle vie de' Senatori

Sezione di uno de' cunei del Teatro di Marcello corrispondente colle vie de' Senatori

Item Information

Title:
Sezione di uno de' cunei del Teatro di Marcello corrispondente colle vie de' Senatori
Title (translated):
Section of one of the banks of seats in the Theater of Marcellus facing the Via de' Senatori
Title (alt.):
XXX. Sezione di uno de' cunei del Teatro di Marcello corrispondente colle vie de' Senatori
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. et scul.
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:
Open-air theaters
Archaeological sites
Foundations
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Sant'Angelo (rione)
Teatro di Marcello
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 40 x 64 cm, on sheet 60 x 87 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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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: 498
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4, plate 30.
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, center right. Lettered with volume and plate information, plate upper margin: Tom IV XXX
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.04
Identifier:
19_04_vol4_030
Barcode:
36666001163274