View of St. Peter’s Basilica and Piazza in the Vatican (Veduta della Basilica, e Piazza si S. Pietro in Vaticano)

Giovanni Battista Piranesica. 1748

Details

Title: View of St. Peter’s Basilica and Piazza in the Vatican (Veduta della Basilica, e Piazza si S. Pietro in Vaticano)
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date Created: ca. 1748
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right margin: “Piranesi del. scol.”
Set or Series Title: Views of Rome Drawn and Etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect (Vedute di Roma disegnate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Ve[nez]iano)
Print State: Fifth of seven states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Materials & Techniques: Etching on laid paper. Watermark: No watermark
Keywords: architecture, Italy, Rome
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: First Paris edition, 1800–1807
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 404 mm x 545 mm (15.91 in. x 21.46 in.). Sheet dimensions: 507 mm x 727 mm (19.96 in. x 28.62 in.).
Bibliography: 1792 catalog: 3; Focillon 787; Hind 3; Wilton-Ely 136; state is tentative, per catalog card annotation “(E/G, Robinson)” [Robison?]
Associated People: Created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.50

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