Object number2023.27.1

Veduta del Castello dell'Acqua Paola sul Monte Aureo

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

Date1751

Artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)

CultureItalian

MediumEtching

DimensionsImage: 15 5/8 x 24 in. (39.7 x 61 cm)
Sheet: 19 3/4 x 28 1/4 in. (50.2 x 71.8 cm)
Matted: 22 x 31 in. (55.9 x 78.7 cm)

Credit LineGift from the estate of Frederick F. Hammond in memory of Betty and John McAndrew

On View

Not on view

Period18th c

Classification(s)

SignedOn recto, printed within image lower left corner: G. B. Piranesi

InscribedOn recto, printed within image, lower left corner: Veduta del Castello dell'Acqua Paola sul Monte Aureo / 1. Casino Farnese. 2. Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano. 3. Casino e / Orto Botanico. 4. Avanzo delle Mura urbane dell'Imperadore Aureliano. / [signature] Architetto Presso l'autore a Strada Felice vincino allaTri nita de'monti. Apaoli due e mezzo. Upper center within fountainhead: PAVLVS QVINTVS PONTIFEX MAXIMVS / AQVAM IN AGRO BRACCIANENSI / SALVBERRIMIS E FONTIBVS COLLECTAM NOVISQVE ADDITIS / XXXV AB MILLIARIO DVXIT; On recto, by unidentified hand, right lower margin in pencil: Piranesi. / [illegible]; lower left margin: M. 21 III/VI

BibliographyWilton-Ely 1994 / Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the complete etchings (174); Hind 1922 / Giovanni Battista Piranesi, a critical study (21.II); Focillon 1918 / Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Essai de catalogue raisonné de son oeuvre (736)DescriptionView of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Paola on the Monte Aureo, Rome, with the Casino Farnese and the dome of St Peter's Basilica in the distance

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