Sciographia Quatuor Templorum Veterum
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
Italy (original etching, made)
Paris (volume bound, produced) - Date:
1780 (made)
1800-1807 (produced) - Artist/Maker:
Piranesi, Francesco (engravers)
Tessier, born 18 - died 19 (bookbinders) - Materials and Techniques:
etching
- Museum number:
E.4214-1908
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level D, case LL, shelf 6
Physical description
Plate II from the series 'Sciographia Quatuor Templorum Veterum' (Sciographia of Four Ancient Temples). It depicts a plan of the Temple of Vesta, Tivoli.
Place of Origin
Italy (original etching, made)
Paris (volume bound, produced)
Date
1780 (made)
1800-1807 (produced)
Artist/maker
Piranesi, Francesco (engravers)
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 6 of the 27 volume 'first Paris edition' of the works of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published by his sons Francesco and Pietro Piranesi 1800-1807.
Descriptive line
Plate II from 'Sciographia Quatuor Templorum Veterum', etching by Francesco Piranesi, Italy, 1780
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Departmental notes
Materials
Paper (fiber product)
Techniques
Etching
Subjects depicted
Classical archaeology; Temples
Categories
Prints; Architecture
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
