Boston Public LibraryThe Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection / Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778). Etchings
Dimostrazione in grande del criptoportico accennato nella tav. IX con la lettera C
Item Information
- Title:
- Dimostrazione in grande del criptoportico accennato nella tav. IX con la lettera C
- Title (translated):
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Detail of the cryptoporticus marked C in Plate IX
- Title (alt.):
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XII. Dimostrazione in grande del criptoportico accennato nella tav. IX con la lettera C
- Artist:
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
- Name on Item:
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Piranesi F.
- Date:
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1762
(created)
1835–1837 (issued)
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection
- Series:
- Piranesi Volume 11: Antichita D'Albano > Di due spelonche ornate dagli antichi alla riva del Lago Albano
- Subjects:
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Archaeological sites
Covered walks
- Places:
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Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Castel Gandolfo
Villa Barberini, Castel Gandolfo, Italy
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 19 x 29 cm, on sheet 44 x 61 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rb68z176j
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Language:
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Italian
- Notes:
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Title from item.
Alternative title and translated title from the catalogue raisonné. The English translation is of the alternative title.
Wilton-Ely II: 637
Di due spelonche ornate dagli antichi alla riva del Lago Albano, plate 12
- Notes (acquisition):
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Gift; Thomas Gold Appleton; 1869
- Notes (date):
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Dates supplied by cataloger from catalogue raisonné. Plates from this series originally created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1762. 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):
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Wilton-Ely, John. "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings. Volume II." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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Signature, center bottom. Lettered with plate information, plate upper left: Tav. XII
- Accession #:
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Tosti D.4 V.11
- Identifier:
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19_04_vol11_073
- Barcode:
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36666001164140
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