A. Spaccato del Ponte Fabricio oggi detto Quattro Capi

A. Spaccato del Ponte Fabricio oggi detto Quattro Capi

Item Information

Title:
A. Spaccato del Ponte Fabricio oggi detto Quattro Capi
Title (translated):
A. Vertical section of the Bridge of Fabricius, today called the Ponte dei Quattro Capi [Bridge of the Four Heads]...
Title (alt.):
XX. A. Spaccato del Ponte Fabricio oggi detto Quattro Capi....
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. 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 4: Piranesi Antichita Romane 4 > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4
Subjects:
Bridges
Archaeological sites
Rivers
Places:
Italy > Tiber (river)
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome
Pons Fabricius
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 38 x 53 cm, on sheet 61 x 90 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rb68z002j
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: 488
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4, plate 20.
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 IV XX
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.04
Identifier:
19_04_vol4_020
Barcode:
36666001160478