Piazza Navona te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Piazza Navona te Rome
Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo Agonale (title on object)
Gezichten op Rome (series title)
Vedute di Roma disegnate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi architetto Ve(nez)iano (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1941-644

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 733
• Wilton-Ely 241
• Hind (Piranesi) 108-1(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op Piazza Navona te Rome met links de Sant'Agnese in Agone en in het midden de Vierstromenfontein door Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Titel op banderol rechtsonder.

Artist

• print maker: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Place

Rome

Dating

1748 - 1778

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 469 mm × width 704 mm

What

• square, place, circus, etc.
• ornamental fountain
• church (exterior)
• parts of church exterior and annexes: façade

Where

• Rome
• Piazza Navona
• Sant'Agnese in Agone
• Vierstromenfontein

Credit line

• J.W.E. vom Rath Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1941

Copyright

Public domain

• Familie Vom Rath-Bunge te Amsterdam : en de nalatenschap van J.W.E. vom Rath (1863-1940)
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 284, cat.nr. 241
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 67, cat.nr. 108
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 337, cat.nr. 733