Pianta della spelonca ornata dagli antichi in riva al Lago Albano, ed accennata nella Tavola I. de' disegni dell'Emissario alla fig. I. lett. D.

Pianta della spelonca ornata dagli antichi in riva al Lago Albano, ed accennata nella Tavola I. de' disegni dell'Emissario alla fig. I. lett. D.

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Title:
Pianta della spelonca ornata dagli antichi in riva al Lago Albano, ed accennata nella Tavola I. de' disegni dell'Emissario alla fig. I. lett. D.
Title (translated):
Plan of the cave embellished by the ancients on the bank of Lake Albano...
Title (alt.):
I. Pianta della spelonca ornata dagli antichi in riva al Lago Albano...
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi F.
Date:
1762 (created)
1835–1837 (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Site plans
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection
Series:
Piranesi Volume 11: Antichita D'Albano > Di due spelonche ornate dagli antichi alla riva del Lago Albano
Subjects:
Caves
Lakes & ponds
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Albano, Lago (lake)
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 39 x 34 cm, on sheet 61 x 45 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/0r96k2866
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 II: 626
Di due spelonche ornate dagli antichi alla riva del Lago Albano, plate 1
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 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):
Wilton-Ely, John. "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings. Volume II." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Signature, lower left. Lettered with plate information, plate upper right: Tav. I
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.11
Identifier:
19_04_vol11_061
Barcode:
36666001164025