Tempel van Castor en Pollux en Basilica van Maxentius te Rome Veduta degli avanzi appartenenti alla Casa Aurea di Nerone (onder) (titel op object) Archeologische vondsten in en rond Rome (serietitel) Le Antichità Roma, RP-P-OB-36.823, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756 - ca. 1757

Identification title(s): temple of castor and pollux and basilica of maxentius in rome. Veduta degli avanzi apartments alla casa aurea di nerone (below) (title on object). Archaeological finds in and around rome (series title). Le antichità romane (series title). Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-36. 823. Catalog reference: focillon 207. Focillon 208. Wilton-ely 342. Wilton-ely 343. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: sheet with two representations of roman buildings. Above: the three remaining columns of the temple of castor and pollux and the remains of the domus tiberiana (named casa di caligola in the print after emperor caligula who expanded the complex). Numbered top right: attn. Xxxiii fig. I. Explanatory list with letters in bottom margin. Below: view of the remains of the basilica of maxentius (identified in the print as nero's casa aurea). Numbered top left: fig. Ii. Title bottom right. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: giovanni battista piranesi (mentioned on object), after own design by: giovanni battista piranesi (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: rome. Dating: ca. 1756 - ca. 1757. Physical features: etching; print of two plates on an uncut sheet. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 131 mm (top. ) × w 197 mm (top. ) × h 106 mm (bottom. ) × w 272 mm (bottom. ) explanation these prints are part of the series 'le antichità romane'. Piranesi did more than eight years of preliminary studies for this 250-plate series, which was published in four volumes. He produced the prints between ca. 1756 and 1757. The series also contains prints by or after other printmakers, including francesco bianchini and girolamo rossi. Subject: what: ruin of a building ~ architecture temple, shrine ~ roman religion. Where: roman forum. Temple of castor and pollux. Domus tiberiana. Basilica of maxentius. Acquisition: unknown 2006. Date: ca. 1756 - ca. 1757.