A. Pianta del sepolcro di Alessandro Severo, situato fuori di Porta S. Giovanni circa un miglio di la dagli acquedotti

A. Pianta del sepolcro di Alessandro Severo, situato fuori di Porta S. Giovanni circa un miglio di la dagli acquedotti

Item Information

Title:
A. Pianta del sepolcro di Alessandro Severo, situato fuori di Porta S. Giovanni circa un miglio di la dagli acquedotti
Title (translated):
A. Plan of the tomb of Alexander Severus located outside Porta San Giovanni...
Title (alt.):
XXXI. A. Pianta del sepolcro di Alessandro Severo, situato fuori di Porta S. Giovanni...
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. ed inc.
Date:
1756 (created)
1835–1837 (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Plans
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection
Series:
Piranesi Volume 2: Piranesi Antichità Romane 2 > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 2
Subjects:
Archaeological sites
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Severus Alexander, Emperor of Rome, 208-235
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Don Bosco (quartiere)
Mausoleum of Alessandro Severo, Rome, Italy
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 41 x 26 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: 388
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 2, plate 31
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 volume and plate information, plate upper margin: Tom. II. XXXI
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.02
Identifier:
19_04_vol02_031
Barcode:
3666001164777