A. Dimostrazione del lastricato della piscina e delle conserve delineate nella Tav. XV

A. Dimostrazione del lastricato della piscina e delle conserve delineate nella Tav. XV

Item Information

Title:
A. Dimostrazione del lastricato della piscina e delle conserve delineate nella Tav. XV
Title (translated):
A. Illustration of the paved floor of the pool and the reservoirs as illustrated in Plate XV
Title (alt.):
XVIII: A. Dimostrazione del lastricato della piscina e delle conserve delineate nella Tav. XV
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi F.
Date:
1764 (created)
1836 (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Sections
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:
Archaeological sites
Mosaic pavements
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Castel Gandolfo
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Alba Longa (area)
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 36 x 23 cm, on sheet 61 x 45 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rb68z119x
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: 660
Antichità di Albano e di Castel Gandolfo, plate 18
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. XVIII
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.11
Identifier:
19_04_vol11_030
Barcode:
36666001163803