Tavola topografica di Roma

Tavola topografica di Roma

Item Information

Title:
Tavola topografica di Roma
Title (translated):
Topographical map of Rome, showing hydraulic and defensive systems
Title (alt.):
XXXVIII. Tavola topografica di Roma
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. inc
Date:
1756 (created)
1835–1837 (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Topographic maps
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:
Cities & towns
Hydraulic facilities
Forts & fortifications
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 84 x 60 cm, on sheet 98 x 68 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/br86c032p
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: 352
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 1, plate 38
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):
Fold-out plate. Signature, lower left. Lettered with volume and plate information, plate upper right: Tom I XXXVIII
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.01
Identifier:
19_04_vol01_038
Barcode:
3666001165253