Specifications
| Title | Ara antica |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Etching |
| Object type |
Print
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 232 mm Width 341 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Designer:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
|
| Accession number | L 1953/9 f (PK) |
| Credits | Purchased with the support of Lucas van Leyden Foundation, 1953 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1953 |
| Creation date | in 1743 |
| Signature | lower left: Gio Batta Piranesi Architetto inventò, ed incise in Roma |
| Watermark | none |
| Inscriptions | under image: Ara antica sopra la quale si facevano anticamente i sacrefizi, con altre ruine all'intorno; 7. |
| Provenance | ; - ; art dealers Colnaghi, London; Purchased with the support of Lucas van Leyden Foundation 1953 |
| Exhibitions | Rotterdam 1953 |
| Research |
Show research Piranesi on Paper |
| Literature | Focillon 1918, no. 16; Hind 1922, p. 80, no. 7; Rotterdam 1953, no. 136; Robison 1986, no. 18; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 19; Stuttgart 1999, no. 3.8 |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Etching
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
|
| Geographical origin | Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
| Place of manufacture | Rome > Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
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