Dimostrazione dell odierno avanzo del Teatro di Pompeo

Dimostrazione dell odierno avanzo del Teatro di Pompeo

Item Information

Title:
Dimostrazione dell odierno avanzo del Teatro di Pompeo
Title (translated):
Reconstruction of the present remains of the Theater of Pompey
Title (alt.):
XXXVIII. Dimostrazione dell odierno avanzo del Teatro di Pompeo
Description:
Plan, section and detail of the remains of seating.
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. inc.
Date:
1756 (created)
1835–1837 (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Plans
Sections
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:
Theaters
Archaeological sites
Architectural elements
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Pa (rione)
Pompeiustheater
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 41 x 26 cm, on sheet 61 x 44 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rb68z033j
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: 507
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4, 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):
Signature, lower right. Lettered with volume and plate information, plate upper margin: Tom IV XXXVIII
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.04
Identifier:
19_04_vol4_039
Barcode:
36666001163365