COLLECTION NAME:
Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
Record
Location:
Europe--Italy--Lazio--Rome
Period:
Neoclassical
Image No.:
200065
View:
Central section (5)
Dates:
1781-1789
View Type:
plan views; detail views
Location Type:
Creation
Culture:
Italian
Materials:
paper
Techniques:
etching (printing process)
Measurements:
81.28 x 310.52 cm
Repository:
New York, NY, USA, Private Collection, New York
Category:
Villas
Work Description:
Six folio sheets, conjoined to form one vast bird's-eye view of Piranesi's reconstruction of Hadrian's Villa
Subjects:
Hadrian's Villa (Tivoli, Italy); Antiquarianism; Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778; Imperial (Roman); Archaeological sites; Reconstructions; Maps
Work Notes:
Early impression of Piranesi's vast survey of Hadrian's Villa. "The large scale of the plan (1:1000), together with Piranesi's unparalleled etching technique, permitted every component of the Villa to be delineated in great detail" (John Pinto, "Piranesi
Rights Type:
fair use
Title:
Plan of the existing buildings at Hadrian's Villa
Work Creator Role:
etcher
Work Creator:
Piranesi, Giovanni B.
WorkCreatorDisplayDate :
1720-1778
Work Creator Nationality:
Italian
Work Creator Role:
printmaker
Work Creator:
Piranesi, Francesco
WorkCreatorDisplayDate :
c. 1756 - 1810
Work Creator Nationality:
Italian
Work Type:
Etchings
Work Type:
Plans (drawings)
Plan of the existing buildings at Hadrian's Villa
