Veduta dei muri che investivano le falde del Monte Celio, sulle quali era il Ninfeo di Nerone, e che adornavano lo Stadio di Domiziano

Veduta dei muri che investivano le falde del Monte Celio, sulle quali era il Ninfeo di Nerone, e che adornavano lo Stadio di Domiziano

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Title:
Veduta dei muri che investivano le falde del Monte Celio, sulle quali era il Ninfeo di Nerone, e che adornavano lo Stadio di Domiziano
Title (translated):
View of the walls which enclosed the slopes of the Caelian Hill and on which was the Nymphaeum of Nero, and which embellishes the Stadium of Domitian
Title (alt.):
XXIV. Fig. I. Veduta dei muri che investivano le falde del Monte Celio, sulle quali era il Ninfeo di Nerone, e che adornavano lo Stadio di Domiziano
Description:
The Stadium of Domitian indicated is actually the Temple of Claudius.
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Architett. dis. e 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:
Archaeological sites
Walls
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Celio (rione)
Tempio del Divo Claudio
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 14 x 20 cm, on sheet 61 x 45 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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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: 324
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 1, plate 24, 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 left. Lettered with plate and figure information, plate upper left: Tav. XXIV Fig. I. On same sheet as Wilton-Ely II: 325
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.01
Identifier:
19_04_vol01_024
Barcode:
3666001165113