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Parte dell' antica Via Appia fuori di Porta S. Sebastiano circa tre miglia: P.1931-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Parte dell' antica Via Appia fuori di Porta S. Sebastiano circa tre miglia
Antichità romane de' tempi della repubblica

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1748

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 137 mm Width 270 mm
Sheet Height 155 mm Width 286 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Piranesi fecit.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Parte dell' antica Via Appia fuori di Porta S. Sebastiano circa tre miglia.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Tav. 19
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: le Antichita Romane
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1931-1991
Primary reference Number: 94547
Focillon: 61
Hind (Piranesi): pp. 75-76

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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