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Plate 10, Volume 4

Print
ca. 1750 (engraved), 1803-1807 (produced)
Artist/Maker
Piranesi (engraver)
Tessier (bookbinder)
Place of origin
Italy (engraved)
Paris (produced)

Double page landscape format engraving in black and white, depicting the entrance archway into the upper room of the Mausoleum of Hadrian (later Castel Sant'Angelo). The arch is made of wedges of travertine, each with a stone sticking out of them, possibly used in raising them during construction. In front of the entrance, on the left hand side, are chains and manacles, and on the right hand side are guns, spears and a drum. Through the arch is a room with pyramids of cannonballs and a guard carrying a gun, and beyond is another archway. Features of the engraving are lettered, with a key in Italian below.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Architecture
Object type
Print
TitlePlate 10, Volume 4 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
engraving on paper
Paper (Fiber Product)
Engraving
Brief description
'Plate 10, Volume 4,' engraving from Le Antichita Romane di Giambatista Piranesi, Volume 4, Giovanni Piranesi, ca. 1750, volume bound together in Paris by Tessier, 1803-1807
Physical description
Double page landscape format engraving in black and white, depicting the entrance archway into the upper room of the Mausoleum of Hadrian (later Castel Sant'Angelo). The arch is made of wedges of travertine, each with a stone sticking out of them, possibly used in raising them during construction. In front of the entrance, on the left hand side, are chains and manacles, and on the right hand side are guns, spears and a drum. Through the arch is a room with pyramids of cannonballs and a guard carrying a gun, and beyond is another archway. Features of the engraving are lettered, with a key in Italian below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 55.4cm
  • Width: 82.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Piranesi Archit. dis. et inc
Transliteration
bottom right
Subjects depicted
Roman Ruins
Architecture
Arch
Guns
Cannonballs
Chains
Manacles
Places depicted
Rome
Mausoleum of Hadrian
Associations
Hadrian
Rome
Bibliographic references
  • From departmental notes.
  • From the bookbinders' label on the inside cover of Volume 4 of 'Le Antichita Romane di Giambatista Piranesi.'
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4161-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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