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<The Views of Rome>: Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum
| Date | 1746?-48? |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | etching and engraving |
| Watermarks | Fleurs-de-lys in double circle (Robison 34) |
| Size（cm） | 40.7 x 54.3 |
| Inscriptions | Signed, lower right: Piranesi del. Scolp.; With address, lower right: Si vendono in Roma dai SS.ri Bouchard, e Gravier Mercanti libraj al Corso presso S. Marcello; Title: Veduta dell'Arco di Costantino, e dell'Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo |
| Standard ref. | Focillon 805; Hind 56 (II/VI); Robison (56) B; Wilton-Ely 152. |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.1989-0056 |
Provenance
Dedicated by artist to Olivier Hope; Baron Henri de Triquetti (1804-1874); Childe; De Sartiges; Paul Prouté, Paris; Purchased by the NMWA, 1989.
Bibliography
- 1918
- Focillon, Henri. Giovanni-Battista Piranesi: Essai de catalogue raisoné de son œuvre. Paris, 1918, pp. 50-57.
- 1922
- Hind, Arthur Mayger. Giovanni Battista Piranesi: A Critical Study with a List of His Published Works and Detailed Catalogue of the Prisons and the Views of Rome. London, 1922 (rep. ed. London, Holland, 1978), pp. 30-73.
- 1970
- Robison, Andrew. The 'Vedute di Roma' of Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Notes towards a Revision of Hind's Catalogue. Nouvelles de l'estampe, no. 4, 1970, pp. 180-197.
- 1978
- Wilton-Ely, John. The Mind and Art of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. London, Thames and Hudson, 1978, pp. 25-44, 297, pl. 1-137.
- 1983
- Robison, Andrew. "Dating Piranesi's Early 'Vedute di Roma'". Piranesi tra Venezia e l'Europa. Bettagno, Alessandro, ed. Venezia, 13 - 15 October 1978, Istituto di Storia dell'Arte della Fondazione Giorgio Cini. Florence, Olschki, 1983, pp. 11-33.
- 1986
- Robison, Andrew. "Watermarks". Piranesi: Early Architectural Fantasies, a Catalogue Raisonné of the Etchings. Washington D. C., 1986, pp. 215-239.
- 1989
- Piranesi: Rome Recorded (exh. cat.). Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. New York, 1989
- 1989
- Marini, Maurizio. Le vedute di Roma di Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Roma, Newton Compton, 1989
- 1992
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. Nos. 23-24 (1988-89), 1992, Koshikawa, Michiaki. New Acquisitions 1988-89. pp. 29, Catalogue of the New Acquisitions 1988-89. pp. 48-83, repr.