Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Arco di Druso alla Porta di Sebastiano in Roma (Arch of Drusus at the Porta S. Sebastiano in Rome)
Artwork Detail
The small views that Piranesi made of Rome were initially commissioned by Fausto Amidei, a Roman bookseller in the Corso, as illustrations to guide books. Apparently clients could choose from the plates which images they wanted bound into their books. The quality varied, some works being rushed round to Amidei so that the artist could get the money to buy a meal. Piranesi re-issued the smaller scale prints in 1765.
- Title
- Arco di Druso alla Porta di Sebastiano in Roma (Arch of Drusus at the Porta S. Sebastiano in Rome)
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1765
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- 420 x 540 mm
- Credit line
- Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
- Accession no
- M1982/1/4/23
- Other ID
- 055 Auburn Catalogue
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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