[Frontispiece to volume 3 of the Antichità Romane, showing an imaginary depiction of an ancient circus]

COLLECTION
Ashby Collection
Details
SUB-COLLECTION

Ashby Collection. Prints

TITLE

[Frontispiece to volume 3 of the Antichità Romane, showing an imaginary depiction of an ancient circus]

NAME

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 (artist)
Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931 (collector)

DATE

[1756]

ITEM

1 print : etching ; 52,5 x 74 cm.

NOTE

Frontispiece to volume 3 of the Antichità Romane, published by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1756-1757.
Title devised by the cataloguer.
Title on milestone at the lower right: Antiquus Circi Martial. cum monum. adiacentii prospectus ad viam Appiam.
Top right: II. Tom. III; bottom left: Gio. Batta. Piranesi inv. dis. e incise.
Forms part of: Ashby Collection. Prints.

CITATION

Focillon, 287
Wilton-Ely, 422

SPONSOR

Digitisation sponsored by Clare Hornsby 2021

Subject: TOPICAL TERM

People
Sculpture
Temples
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Antiquities

Subject: GEOGRAPHIC TERM

Italy
Rome
Lazio
Roma

Subject: CHRONOLOGICAL

1750-1760

GENRE/FORM

Frontispieces-1750-1760.
Etchings-1750-1760.

LOCATION

British School at Rome

REPOSITORY

Library

CALL NUMBER

TA[PRI]-GBP05-032

ACCESS

Closed access material (Library)

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