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Veduta dell gran Piazza Basilica di S. Pietro

Veduta dell gran Piazza Basilica di S. Pietro

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (in 1772)

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Title Veduta dell gran Piazza Basilica di S. Pietro
Material and technique Etching
Object type
Print > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location This object is in storage
Dimensions Height 457 mm
Width 699 mm
Artists Publisher: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Accession number L 1956/56 (PK)
Credits Purchased with the support of Lucas van Leyden Foundation, 1956
Department Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date 1956
Creation date in 1772
Signature lower right: Cav. Piranesi F.
Watermark fleur-de-lis in circle with letter R above? (?, left center, upright, P6-7 from the left, insufficiently legible; vH, 22P, plano; not in Robison)
Inscriptions lower right: Veduta dell gran Piazza Basilica di S. Pietro
Provenance ; - ; art dealers Colnaghi, London; Purchased with the support of Lucas van Leyden Foundation 1956
Exhibitions Rotterdam 1962; Rotterdam 1991; Maastricht 1998; Rotterdam 1998; Sint-Niklaas 1999; Rotterdam 2019
External exhibitions Boijmans bij de Buren - De duizelingwekkende verbeelding van Piranesi (2019)
Research Show research Piranesi on Paper
Literature Focillon 1918, no. 721; Hind 1922, no. 101; Rotterdam 1962, no. 81; Rotterdam 1991, no. 28; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 234; Stuttgart 1999, no. 14.101
Material
Object
Technique
Etching > Manual > Intaglio printing techniques > Printing technique > Technique > Material and technique
Place of manufacture Rome > Italy > Southern Europe > Europe
Geographical origin Italy > Southern Europe > Europe

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Venetië 1720 - Rome 1778

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