Ara antica

Ara antica

Item Information

Title:
Ara antica
Title (translated):
Ancient altar
Title (alt.):
VIII. Ara antica
Description:
In S. Maria della Stella, Albano. See also Wilton-Ely II: 990.
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi F.
Date:
1764 (created)
1836 (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection
Series:
Piranesi Volume 11: Antichita D'Albano > Antichità di Albano e di Castel Gandolfo
Subjects:
Holy water stoups
Antiquities
Bas-reliefs
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Albano Laziale
Santa Maria della Stella
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 45 x 25 cm, on sheet 61 x 45 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rb68z099n
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Parigi [Paris] : Firmin-Didot
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 II: 650
Antichità di Albano e di Castel Gandolfo, plate 8
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Thomas Gold Appleton; 1869
Notes (date):
Dates supplied by cataloger from material accompanying item and catalogue raisonné. Plates from this series originally created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1764. His son Francesco and his daughter Laura both worked with him and, after his death, maintained the original plates. The item in the Boston Public Library’s Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection were assembled and published in Paris in 1836.
Notes (citation):
Wilton-Ely, John. "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings. Volume II." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Signature, lower right. Lettered with plate information, plate upper right: Tav. VIII
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.11
Identifier:
19_04_vol11_020
Barcode:
36666001163704