Veduta del Ponte Molle
1762
Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 44.2 x 67.5 cm (17 3/8 x 26 9/16 in.)
sheet: 52.5 x 76.7 cm (20 11/16 x 30 3/16 in.) -
Accession
1985.61.67
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hind 1922, no. 64, State i/iv
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1985.
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.
Inscriptions
lower right in plate: Veduta del Ponte Molle sul Tevere due miglia lontan da Roma / A Ristauri del Pontefice Niccolo V. B. Rovine del Ponte supplite con / due ponti levatoj. C. Torre fabbricata ne'tempi bassi per custodia del Ponte. / Si vendono pasti due e mezzo appo l'autore nel palazzo del Sigr. Co. Tomati a Strada Felice Piranesi F.
Wikidata ID
Q74070011