Roman arches at the church of SS Giovanni e Paolo

Roman arches at the church of SS Giovanni e Paolo
 (1757)
from the Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome) series

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching
Measurements
38.5 × 60.4 cm (image) 40.6 × 61.3 cm (plate) 53.2 × 71.9 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Rome, Italy
Catalogue/s Raisonné
F804; H43 (iv)/vi; C787; Robinson 43; Wilton-Ely 160
Edition
posthumous 19th century edition
Inscription
printed in ink l.l: VEDUTA DEL PIANO SUPERIORE DEL SERRAGLIO DELLE FIERE FABBRICATO DA DMONZIANO A USO DELL’ANTITEATRO FLAVIO, E VOLGARMENTE DETTO LA CURIA OSTILLA
printed in ink l.l.: il primo piano di questa gran fabbrica rimane interrato nelle rovine, che inoggi uguagliano il piano di Roma, e dagli scavifattivi, si è trovato parimente compsto di grossi macigni di travertino. A. Segni, ove si appoggiavamo I muri di tavolozza che/ serravano gli arch. B. Muri de tempi bassi. Sopra di questi Archi e fabbricato il Campanile e Convento de Padri della Missiona de SS. Giovanni, e Paolo.
printed in ink l.r.: Piranesi Architetto fec
Accession Number
1453-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased from Mrs J Walton, 1964
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Architecture Interiors
Subjects (specific)
abandoned buildings arches basilicas (works by form) black-and-white (colours) building stone Italy (nation) Rome (inhabited place) rubble
Movements
Neoclassicism

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