Graftombe aan de Via Tiburtina Archeologische vondsten in en rond Rome (serietitel) Le Antichità Romane (serietitel), RP-P-OB-36.849, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756 - ca. 1757

Identification title(s): tomb on via tiburtina. Archaeological finds in and around rome (series title). Le antichità romane (series title). Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-36. 849. Catalog reference: focillon 260. Wilton-ely 395. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: plan and schematic representation of a tomb at the ponte lucano on the via tiburtina (the road between rome and tivoli). Numbered top left: tom. Ii. Numbered top right: xxxviii. Explanatory list with letters in bottom margin. 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. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 350 mm × w 238 mm explanation this print is 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 grave, tomb plan ~ architecture. Where: via tiburtina. Ponte lucano. Acquisition: unknown 2006. Date: ca. 1756 - ca. 1757.