Di due spelonche ornate dagli antichi alla riva del Lago Albano
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
Italy (original etching, made)
Paris (volume bound, produced) - Date:
1762 (first published)
1800-1807 (produced) - Artist/Maker:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, born 1720 - died 1778 (artist)
Tessier, born 18 - died 19 (bookbinders) - Materials and Techniques:
etching
- Museum number:
E.4549-1908
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level D, case LL, shelf 11
Physical description
Plate from a series of prints depicting two ornate nymphaea on the banks of Lake Albano.
Place of Origin
Italy (original etching, made)
Paris (volume bound, produced)
Date
1762 (first published)
1800-1807 (produced)
Artist/maker
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, born 1720 - died 1778 (artist)
Tessier, born 18 - died 19 (bookbinders)
Materials and Techniques
etching
Dimensions
Height: 58.4 cm volume, Width: 42.5 cm volume
Object history note
Bound in volume 11 of the 27 volume 'first Paris edition' of the works of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published by his sons Francesco and Pietro Piranesi in 1800-1807.
Descriptive line
Plate from 'Di due spelonche ornate dagli antichi alla riva del Lago Albano', etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, first published Rome, 1762, bound in Paris by Tessier, 1800-1807
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Departmental notes
Materials
Paper (fiber product)
Techniques
Etching
Subjects depicted
Ruins; Caves; Nymphaea
Categories
Prints; Architecture; Archaeology
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
