Fig I. Veduta di uno de' fianchi della facciata del portico di Ottavia

Fig I. Veduta di uno de' fianchi della facciata del portico di Ottavia

Item Information

Title:
Fig I. Veduta di uno de' fianchi della facciata del portico di Ottavia
Title (translated):
Fig. I. View of one of the sides of the façade of the Portico of Octavia
Title (alt.):
XLI. Fig I. Veduta di uno de' fianchi della facciata del portico di Ottavia
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. inc.
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:
Archaeological sites
Columns
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Sant'Angelo (rione)
Portico of Octavia, Rome, Italy
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 40 x 60 cm, on sheet 61 x 90 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: 510
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4, plate 41
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, center right. Lettered with volume and plate information, plate upper margin: Tom IV XLI
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.04
Identifier:
19_04_vol4_042
Barcode:
36666001163399