Dimostrazioni dell'Emissario del Lago Albano

Dimostrazioni dell'Emissario del Lago Albano

Item Information

Title:
Dimostrazioni dell'Emissario del Lago Albano
Title (translated):
Illustrations of the Emissarium of Lake Albano
Title (alt.):
VII. Dimostrazioni dell'Emissario del Lago Albano
Description:
External view of outlet structure, with two insets showing interior and a section of the lake.
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi F.
Date:
1762 (created)
1835–1837 (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Sections
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection
Series:
Piranesi Volume 11: Antichita D'Albano > Descrizione e isegno dell'emissario del Lago Albano
Subjects:
Hydraulic facilities
Lakes & ponds
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Albano, Lago (lake)
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 42 x 64 cm, on sheet 61 x 91 cm
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Language:
Italian
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title and translated title from the catalogue raisonné. The English translation is of the alternative title.
Wilton-Ely II: 622
Descrizione e disegno dell'emissario del Lago Albano, plate 7
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Thomas Gold Appleton; 1869
Notes (date):
Dates supplied by cataloger from catalogue raisonné. Plates from this series originally created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1762. His son Francesco and his daughter Laura both worked with him and, after his death, maintained the original plates. The twenty-nine volumes in Boston Public Library’s Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection were assembled and published in Paris from 1835-1837.
Notes (citation):
Wilton-Ely, John. "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings. Volume II." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Signature, center bottom. Lettered with plate information, plate upper right: Tav. VII
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.11
Identifier:
19_04_vol11_054
Barcode:
36666001163985