A. Tavolozza triangolare martellina delle mura d'Aureliano

A. Tavolozza triangolare martellina delle mura d'Aureliano

Item Information

Title:
A. Tavolozza triangolare martellina delle mura d'Aureliano
Title (translated):
A. Triangular tiles of the Aurelian wall
Title (alt.):
VIII. Fig. I. A. Tavolozza triangolare martellina delle mura d'Aureliano...
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Architetto. 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 1: Piranesi Antichità Romane: Opera del Cavaliere > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 1
Subjects:
City walls
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome
Aurelian Wall
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 13 x 20 cm, on sheet 60 x 46 cm
Permalink:
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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 I: 292
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 1, plate 8, figure 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 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 plate and figure information, plate upper margin: Tav. VIII, Fig. I. On same sheet as Wilton-Ely II: 293
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.01
Identifier:
19_04_vol01_008
Barcode:
36666004386278