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Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de' Romani / Osservazioni Sopra la Lettre de Monsieur Mariette aux Auteurs de la Gazette Littéraire de l'Europe

Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de' Romani / Osservazioni Sopra la Lettre de Monsieur Mariette aux Auteurs de la Gazette Littéraire de l'Europe

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (in 1761-1765)

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Title Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de' Romani / Osservazioni Sopra la Lettre de Monsieur Mariette aux Auteurs de la Gazette Littéraire de l'Europe
Material and technique Print album in brown moroccan binding, spine with gold-printed letters, cardboard covers with marbled paper; etchings and letterpress
Object type
Prentenboek > Prent > Tweedimensionaal object > Kunstvoorwerp
Location This object is in storage
Dimensions Height 53,6 cm
Width 42 cm
Thickness 5,5 cm
Artists Publisher: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
: Jacques Mössly
Accession number BdH Boek 1 1-62 (PK)
Credits Gift Dr J.C.J. Bierens de Haan, 1938
Department Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date 1938
Creation date in 1761-1765
Watermark no watermark on endpapers; two watermarks in text pages that alternate: fleur-de-lis in double circle with monogram CB above (75 x 50 mm, from above or from below on P4, 17P, similar to Robison 38); fleur-de-lis in circle with letter B above and letter V below (85 x 50 mm, above or below on P5, 18P, similar to Robison 14)
Collector Collector / J.C.J. Bierens de Haan
Mark on flyleaf: L.288; L.451e
Provenance ; - ; Library of the Earl of Erbach (?-?, L.?), Erbach; - ; G. Rapilly (1863-1943), art dealer, Paris; on 15.06.1937 acquired by J.C.J. Bierens de Haan (1867-1951, L.451e), Amsterdam; donated to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in 1938
Exhibitions Rotterdam 1953; Maastricht 1998; Rotterdam 1998; Rotterdam 2006; Haarlem 2008; Rotterdam 2019; Rotterdam 2022
Internal exhibitions Piranesi . Canaletto . Tiepolo: prenten uit de collectie Bierens de Haan, een keuze van oud-directeur J.C. Ebbinge Wubben (2006)
Piranesi (2022)
External exhibitions Boijmans bij de Buren - De duizelingwekkende verbeelding van Piranesi (2019)
Research Show research Piranesi on Paper
Literature Focillon 1918, nos. 927-982; Hind 1922, pp. 84-86; Rotterdam 1953, nos. 156-157; Wilton-Ely 1994, nos. 753-814
Material
Object
Technique
Etching > Manual > Intaglio printing techniques > Printing technique > Technique > Material and technique
Letterpress > Manual > Relief printing techniques > Printing technique > Technique > Material and technique
Marble > Marbled > Covering surfaces > General technique > Technique > Material and technique
Marble > Marbled > Covering surfaces > General technique > Technique > Material and technique
Geographical origin Italy > Southern Europe > Europe

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Venetië 1720 - Rome 1778

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