Tempel van Antoninus en Faustina en Boog van Septimius Severus te Rome Veduta laterale dell'avanzo del Tempio di Antonino e Faustina (boven) (titel op object) Arco di Severo, e Caracalla (onder) (titel op object) Arch, RP-P-OB-36.819, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756 - ca. 1757

Identification title(s): temple of antoninus and faustina and arch of septimius severus in rome. Veduta laterale dell'avanzo del tempio di antonino e faustina (above) (title on object). Arco di severo, e caracalla (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. 819. Catalog reference: focillon 203. Focillon 204. Wilton-ely 338. Wilton-ely 339. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: sheet with two representations of the roman forum in rome. Above: in the foreground remains of the temple of antoninus and faustina. On the left the three remaining columns of the temple of castor and pollux. Numbered top left: attn. Xxxi. Numbered top right: fig. I. Title and explanatory list with letters in bottom margin. Below: in the foreground the arch of septimius severus. On the right the remains of the temple of saturn (identified on the print as the temple of concordia) and the temple of vespasian and titus (identified on the print as the temple of jupiter tonans). Numbered top right: fig. Ii. Title and 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; print of two plates on an uncut sheet. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 134 mm (top. ) × w 196 mm (top. ) × h 115 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 ~ architecturetriumphal archtemple, shrine ~ roman religion. Where: roman forum. Temple of antoninus and faustina. Temple of castor and pollux. Arch of septimius severus. Temple of saturn. Temple of vespasian and titus. Acquisition: unknown 2006. Date: ca. 1756 - ca. 1757.