Frontispice met een voorstelling van het Circus van Mars langs de Via Appia Antica Frontispice van volume III van 'Le Antichità Romane' Antiquus circi martial. cum monum. adiacentia prospectus ad viam appiam (titel op , RP-P-OB-39.501, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756 - ca. 1757

Identification title(s): frontispiece depicting the circus of mars along the via appia antica. Frontispiece of volume iii of 'le antichità romane'antiquus circi martial. Cum monum. Adiacentia prospectus ad viam appiam (title on object). Archaeological finds in and around rome (series title). Le antichità romane (series title). Object type: print frontispiece object number: rp-p-ob-39. 501. Catalog reference: focillon 287. Wilton-ely 422. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: numbered top right: ii. Tom. Iii. 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 400 mm × w 603 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: cityscapes and landscapes with human circus structures ringpiece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture obelisk, needle column, pillar ~ architecture. Where: rome. Via appia antica. Acquisition: unknown 2006. Date: ca. 1756 - ca. 1757.