Di Due Spelonche ornate dagli Antichi alla Riva del Lago Albano [Two Nymphaea of Ancient Design on the Shore of Lake Albano]

1762

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with etched and engraved headpiece for text, 5 single-page, 5 double-page, and 1 folding etched illustrations

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    page size: 57.5 x 40 cm (22 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
    book: 60 x 40 x 4 cm (23 5/8 x 15 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2001.116.1.c

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Focillon 1918, no. 492, State -504

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Associated Artworks

Descrizione e disegno dell'Emissario del Lago Albano [Description and Illustrations of the Outlet Tunnel at Lake Albano]

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1720

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire (not in Lugt); (sale, Sotheby's London, 8 May 1986, no. 109); Adrian Eeles; (sale, Sotheby's London, 6 December 2000, no. 31); (David Tunick, Inc., New York); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1918

  • Focillon, Henri. Giovanni-Battista Piranesi; essai de catalogue raisonne de son oeuvre. Paris: Librairie Renouard, Henri Laurens, 1918.

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