Specifications
| 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
|
| Geographical origin | Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
| Place of manufacture | Rome > Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
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