Graftombe aan de Via Appia Antica Archeologische vondsten in en rond Rome (serietitel) Le Antichità Romane (serietitel), RP-P-OB-39.505, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756 - ca. 1757

Identification title(s): tomb on the via appia antica. Archaeological finds in and around rome (series title). Le antichità romane (series title). Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-39. 505. Catalog reference: focillon 294. Wilton-ely 429. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: plan, elevation and section of a tomb on the via appia antica outside rome. List with explanatory letters in bottom margin. Numbered above: tom. Iii. / ix. 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 394 mm × w 520 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: grave, tomb plan ~ architecture. Where: via appia antica. Acquisition: unknown 2006. Date: ca. 1756 - ca. 1757.