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Gianbattista Piranesi
Mozano di Mestre, Venice 1720 – 1778 Rome
Vedute degli Avanzi de’ Mausolei, e delle Fabbriche Sepolcrali, sparse per la Via Appia, cinque migla in circa, da Porta S. Sebastiano distante
Vedute degli Avanzi de’ Mausolei, e delle Fabbriche Sepolcrali, sparse per la Via Appia, cinque migla in circa, da Porta S. Sebastiano distante
View of the remains of the mausolea and of the funerary structures spread out along the Appian Way, about five miles from Porta S. Sebastiano
Pl.VIII, Vol.III Le Antichità Romane
Wilton–Ely 428
362 x 593 mm
Original etching, c1755. From the first edition.
Numbered with the plate and volume.
A lifetime impression, on laid paper with a Lily in a Double Circle watermark.
The usual central vertical fold, supported verso.
£750
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Additional
Information about the Print
Le Antichità di Roma
The ultimately four volumes of 250 plates of Roman Antiquities began with eleven plates published in 1750 as Camera sepolcrali degli Antichi Romani le quale esistono dentro e fuori de Roma (ancient tombs in and around Rome) expanded in the following years and published in 1756 as Le Antichità di Roma.
Volumes II and III were devoted to the extensive remains of funerary monuments in and around Rome.
In recognition of the achievement of Le Antichità Romane Piranesi was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in London.
(Piranesi’s son Francesco would publish a second (posthumous) edition in 1784.)
Prints from Le Antichità di Roma in this exhibition are:
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