Fig. I. A. Pianta degli avanzi del portico d'Ottavia, sorella d'Augusto, fabbricato dal medesimo in di lei onore

Fig. I. A. Pianta degli avanzi del portico d'Ottavia, sorella d'Augusto, fabbricato dal medesimo in di lei onore

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Title:
Fig. I. A. Pianta degli avanzi del portico d'Ottavia, sorella d'Augusto, fabbricato dal medesimo in di lei onore
Title (translated):
Fig. I. A. Plan of the remains of the Portico of Octavia
Title (alt.):
XXXIX. Fig. I. A. Pianta degli avanzi del portico d'Ottavia...
Description:
With elevation of exterior façade, section of foundations and other information.
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. inc.
Date:
1756 (created)
1835–1837 (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Floor plans
Sections
Elevations
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:
Archaeological sites
Foundations
Columns
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Sant'Angelo (rione)
Portico of Octavia, Rome, Italy
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 41 x 60 cm, on sheet 61 x 90 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rb68z0353
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: 508
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4, plate 39
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 XXXIX
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.04
Identifier:
19_04_vol4_040
Barcode:
36666001163373