A. Iscrizioni de' liberti e servi della famiglia di Augusto

A. Iscrizioni de' liberti e servi della famiglia di Augusto

Item Information

Title:
A. Iscrizioni de' liberti e servi della famiglia di Augusto
Title (translated):
A. Inscriptions of the freedmen and slaves of the family of Augustus...
Title (alt.):
XXX. A. Iscrizioni de' liberti e servi della famiglia di Augusto...
Description:
Also sarcophagi and sculptured relief fragments.
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Architetto dis. ed 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 3: Piranesi Antichità Romane 3 > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 3
Subjects:
Architectural decorations & ornaments
Sarcophagi
Inscriptions
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Appio Latino (quartiere)
Hostaria Antica Roma, Rome, Italy
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate marks 39 x 48 cm and 5 x 49 cm, on sheet 61 x 90 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
Italian
Latin
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title and translated title from the catalogue raisonné. The English translation is of the alternative title.
Wilton-Ely I: 445
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 3, plate 30
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. III. XXX
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.03
Identifier:
19_04_vol03_030
Barcode:
3666001165634