View of the Remains of the Castle beside the Acqua Giulia, Rome (Castello dell'Acqua Giulia)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano 1720 – Rome 1778)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1720 - 1778
Materials
Paper
Measurements
403 x 602 mms
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 354113.16
Summary
Print, engraving, View of the Remains of the Castle beside the Acqua Giulia, Rome (Castello dell'Acqua Giulia) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano 1720 – Rome 1778). Figures in foreground with ladder, ruins behind, two gateways in distance. Inscription 'Veduta dell'Avarizo del Castello che perendendo una porzione del'Acqua Giulia dal ...', 'Ifiaca Fontana che gli'era aderente, ...'. Inscribed in ink l.r. 'This was restored by Graham M Carr in 1875'. Within original border, with two reproduction corded bows. From a collection of 52 prints, C18, affixed around the walls of the Print Room.
Makers and roles
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano 1720 – Rome 1778), artist