Nic.Parthic.Maximvs.t.otest.vi.cos procos

Nic.Parthic.Maximvs.t.otest.vi.cos procos

Item Information

Title:
Nic.Parthic.Maximvs.t.otest.vi.cos procos
Title (translated):
Reconstruction of some of the details of the façade of the principal entrance of the Portico of Octavia
Title (alt.):
XLII. Dimostrazione in grande di alcune delle parti della facciata dell'ingresso principale del portico d'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
Capitals (Columns)
Inscriptions
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Sant'Angelo (rione)
Portico of Octavia, Rome, Italy
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 41 x 61 cm, on sheet 61 x 90 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rb68z0417
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
Italian
Latin
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title and translated title from the catalogue raisonné. The English translation is of the alternative title.
Wilton-Ely I: 511
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4, plate 42
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 XLII
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.04
Identifier:
19_04_vol4_043
Barcode:
36666001163407