Rome: the arches of the Basilica of Constantine (Basilica of Maxentius) facing the Roman Forum. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1757.
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
- Date:
- 1835-1839
- Reference:
- 2928370i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Numerous characteristic Piranesian figures are talking and gesticulating among the ruins. Left foreground, a flock of sheep with their shepherds
Publication/Creation
[Rome] (a Strada Felice vicino alla Trinità de' Monti) : Presso l'autore [Piranesi]
[Paris] : [Firmin Didot], [between 1835 and 1839]
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 41.8 x 55.5 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Veduta degli avanzi del tablino della Casa aurea di Nerone detti volgarmente il tempio della Pace ... Piranesi architetto fec.
Bears numbers: "770 18" (top right)
Edition
[Hind's state VI, published by Firmin-Didot, Paris].
References note
A.M. Hind, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: a critical study, with a list of his published works and detailed catalogues of the prisons and the views of Rome, New York 1922, pp. 51-52, no. 45 (gives date of design as 1757)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2928370i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores