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Vedute di Roma

Print
ca. 1771 (made)
Artist/Maker
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (maker)
Place of origin
Rome (made)

View of the temple of Sybil at Tivoli, with circular temple centre left, ruins, vegetation and figures in the foreground, a pedimented building to the right and church tower behind to the right.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Printmaking Techniques
Architecture
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Vedute di Roma (series title)
  • Veduta del tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Etching. Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Temple of the Sybil at Tivoli from his series Views of Rome, 1771.
Physical description
View of the temple of Sybil at Tivoli, with circular temple centre left, ruins, vegetation and figures in the foreground, a pedimented building to the right and church tower behind to the right.
Dimensions
  • Platemark height: 42.2cm (Note: object mounted in so only the platemark visible)
  • Sheet width: 63.5cm (Note: object mounted in so only the platemark visible)
Styles
Italian School
Neoclassicism
Marks and inscriptions
  • Veduta del tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli (Lower margin, centre)
  • Presso l'autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tomati ricino alla Trinità de monti. A paoli due a mezzo. (Lower centre)
  • [Collector's mark CAI] (Collection mark for C. A. Ionides)
  • Piranesi Fec. (Lower right)
  • [Descriptive text] ( Lower left and right)
Credit line
Bequeathed by C. A. Ionides
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CAI.897

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O516846/vedute-di-roma-print-piranesi-giovanni-battista/
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