Updated 08 April 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
<The Views of Rome>: The Colosseum Interior
| Date | ca. 1766 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | etching and engraving |
| Size（cm） | 45.9 x 69.2 (plate); 57.8 x 75.5 (paper) |
| Inscriptions | Signed: Cavr Piranesi fece; title: Veduta dell'interno dell' Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo |
| Standard ref. | Focillon 760; Hind 78, III/V; Rome Recorded 78; Wilton-Ely 211. |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.1997-0011 |
Exhibition History
- 2018
- Beyond the End: Ruins in Art History, The Shoto Museum of Art, 8 December 2018 - 31 January 2019, cat. no. 10
Bibliography
- 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
- Marini, Maurizio. Le vedute di Roma di Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Roma, Newton Compton, 1989
- 1999
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 32 (April 1997-March 1998), 1999, List of New Acquisitions. pp. 19-22.
- 2018
- Beyond the End: Ruins in Art History(exh. cat.). The Shoto Museum of Art, ed. Tokyo, The Shoto Museum of Art, 2018, cat. no. 10, col. repr.