Frontispiece , Volume 4

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Artist/Maker	Piranesi (engraver) Tessier (bookbinder)
Place of origin	Italy (engraved) Paris (produced)

Double page landscape format engraving in black and white, showing an imaginary view of a monumental Roman harbour surrounded by bridges and buildings. In the foreground is a colonnade of Corinthian columns on piers, with gaps for small boats to pass through. In front of the colonnade is a large reclining statue of a river god.

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Categories	Prints Architecture
Object type	Print
Title	Frontispiece , Volume 4 (generic title)
Materials and techniques	engraving on paper Paper (Fiber Product) Engraving
Brief description	'Frontispiece, 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, showing an imaginary view of a monumental Roman harbour surrounded by bridges and buildings. In the foreground is a colonnade of Corinthian columns on piers, with gaps for small boats to pass through. In front of the colonnade is a large reclining statue of a river god.
Dimensions	Height: 55.4cm Width: 82.2cm
Marks and inscriptions	VINDICIBVS . ET . PROTECTORIBVS / BONARVM . ARTIVM / I . B . PIRANESIVS (Inscribed on entablature of colonnade.) Gio. Batta. Piranesi invent. ed incise (bottom left)
Subjects depicted	Roman Ruins Architecture Harbour Boats Colonnade
Place depicted	Rome
Association	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.4153-1908

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O792285/frontispiece--volume-4-print-piranesi/

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