Veduta delle Cascatelle di Tivoli (The Small Waterfalls at Tivoli)
Veduta delle Cascatelle di Tivoli (The Small Waterfalls at Tivoli)

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Veduta delle Cascatelle di Tivoli (The Small Waterfalls at Tivoli),

1769

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720–1778; born Mogliano Veneto, Italy; died Rome, Italy; active Rome
2009-122

Information

Title
Veduta delle Cascatelle di Tivoli (The Small Waterfalls at Tivoli)
Dates

1769

Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 47.8 x 71 cm. (18 13/16 x 27 15/16 in.) sheet: 55.4 x 76.5 cm. (21 13/16 x 30 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
2009-122
Place Depicted

Europe, Italy, Tivoli

Inscription
Titled in plate in stone, lower right: VEDUTA DELLE / CASCATELLE A TIUOLI Inscribed in plate below image, lower left: Cavelier Piranesi del. E inc.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in a double circle with letters "CB" above (Robison 36)
Reference Numbers
Focillon 815; Hind 58; Wilton-Ely 166
Culture
Italian, European
Type
etchings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
landscapes (representations), figures (representations), vedute, waterfalls

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