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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78)

PIRANES/ANTICH/ROMANE/TOM.IV: Le Antichità Romane di Giambatista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano Tomo Quarto. Contenente i ponti antichi, gli avanzi di teatri, de' portici e di altri monumenti di Roma First published 1756

RCIN 806987

Description

Elaborate binding, title frontispiece, double-page frontispiece, pl.III-LVII (Focillon 339-395) on Castel and Ponte Sant'Angelo, Ponte Fabrizio, Theatres of Marcellus and Pompey, Portico of Ottavia, Temple of Fortuna Virilis etc.

Provenance

Acquired by William IV, 1835
Reference is made to the book being part of the fourth day of the Duke of Gloucester's Library sale by Sotheby & Son in August 1835, lot no. 1324, selling for £116.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78)
(etcher)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page William IV, King of the United Kingdom (1765-1837)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

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Category
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Object type(s)
printed & manuscript material
books
book: full leather bound
book: full leather bound in morocco
book: full leather bound in brown morocco
book: binding
book: binding with gold tooling
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Architecture
Architectural ruins
Architectural history
Classical architecture
Classical Roman architecture
Archaeology
Places
Europe
Italy
Lazio [Italy]
Rome [Lazio]
Castel Sant' Angelo [Rome]
Ponte Sant'Angelo [Rome]
Ponte Fabricio [Rome]
Pons Cestius [Rome]
Teatro Marcello [Rome]
Teatro di Pompeo [Rome]
Portico of Ottavia [Rome]
Portico of Filippo [Rome]
Temple of Portunus [Rome]

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