Lapides Capitolini; Antichità di Cora; Le Rovine del Castello dell'Acqua Giulia

published 1761

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (author)

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Author, Venetian, 1720 - 1778

The image shows a detailed architectural illustration with several figures and diagrams related to "Del Castello dell'Acqua Giulia." The largest objects include a cross-section view of a building with arches and vegetation at the top, and a large rectangular block with circular holes. The image features a monochromatic color palette of browns and cream, with detailed shading. The objects are arranged with schematic precision; on the top is a landscape scene (Fig. I), below which there are consecutive rows and columns of architectural elements and structures labeled Fig. II, Fig. III, and Fig. IV. Toward the bottom are more figures, labeled Fig. VII and Fig. VI, depicting sectioned pipes and bricks next to the layout's border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    3 works bound in 1 vol: ill: 1st part: etched title page and dedication page plus 1 folding plate (2 plates pasted together), versos blank; 2nd part; etched half-title page, plus 10 etchings (2 full-page, 6 double-page, 1 folding (2 plates pastedtogether), versos blank); 3rd part: etched title page plus 20 etchings (2 pages contain two plates each, rest full-page, versos blank) …

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

  • Dimensions

    page size: 54.2 x 41.4 cm (21 5/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
    overall size (volume closed): 55.3 x 43.3 x 4.3 cm (21 3/4 x 17 1/16 x 1 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.49.74

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Focillon 1918, no. 421, State -427; 537-550; 396-420

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles Edouard Mewes (bookplate); Mark J. Millard, New York; gift to NGA, 1983.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1918

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

1922

  • Hind, Arthur M. Giovanni Battista Piranesi; a critical study with a list of his published works and detailed catalogues of the prisons and the views of Rome. London: Cotswold Gallery; New York: E. Weyhe, 1922.

2000

  • Pollak et al. 2000, nos.89,90,95

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