Sezione traversale de' cvnei inferiori del Teatro di Marcello

Sezione traversale de' cvnei inferiori del Teatro di Marcello

Item Information

Title:
Sezione traversale de' cvnei inferiori del Teatro di Marcello
Title (translated):
Transverse section of one of the lower banks of seats in the Theater of Marcellus facing the Via de' Senatori
Title (alt.):
XXXI. Sezione traversale de' cunei inferiori del Teatro di Marcello
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. inc.
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
Arcades (Architectural components)
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Sant'Angelo (rione)
Teatro di Marcello
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 43 x 26 cm, on sheet 62 x 44 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: 499
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4, plate 31
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 XXXI
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.04
Identifier:
19_04_vol4_031
Barcode:
36666001163282