A. Spaccato del Mausoleo di Ottaviano Augusto

A. Spaccato del Mausoleo di Ottaviano Augusto

Item Information

Title:
A. Spaccato del Mausoleo di Ottaviano Augusto
Title (translated):
A. Section of the Mausoleum of Augustus...
Title (alt.):
LXI. A. Spaccato del Mausoleo di Ottaviano Augusto...
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. et inc.
Date:
1756 (created)
1835–1837 (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Sections
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
Mausoleum of Augustus (Rome, Italy)
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Campo Marzio (rione)
Mausoleo di Augusto
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 40 x 53 cm, on sheet 61 x 89 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/br86c1734
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: 419
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 2, plate 62
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. LXII
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.02
Identifier:
19_04_vol02_062
Barcode:
3666001165089