Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Veduta dell' Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo (View of the Flavian Amphitheater known as the Colosseum)
Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)Italian, 1720–1778
CultureItalian
Titles
- Veduta dell' Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo (View of the Flavian Amphitheater known as the Colosseum)
- from the series Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)
Date1776
Place depictedRome, Italy
MediumEtching on laid paper, state I/IV
DimensionsPlate: 19 1/2 × 28 in. (49.5 × 71.1 cm)
Sheet: 21 3/8 × 31 in. (54.3 × 78.7 cm)
Sheet: 21 3/8 × 31 in. (54.3 × 78.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2012.222
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
205 Vinson & Elkins Gallery
On view
Explore Further
Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibition History"Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14—April 16, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in the image lower left and right, titled: VEDUTA DEL'ANFITEATRO FLA= / VIO DETTO IL COLOSSEO / [ lettered A through O, description of areas and sections of the Colosseum] Cav. Piranesi F.
Catalogue raisonnéHind 126.1; Marini 126; Wilton-Ely 259; Focillon 759
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1760 - 1778
Etching with engraving on laid paper, possibly state IV/VI
2013.590
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
c. 1748
Etching on laid paper, state I/I
85.442
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
c. 1749
Etching with engraving, scraping, and burnishing, state I/V
78.146
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
c. 1748
Etching with engraving, drypoint, and burnishing on cream laid paper, state II/V
2013.589
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
1647–1651
Etching on laid paper, state I/I
83.325
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1863
Etching on laid paper, state I/IV
2016.199
Rembrandt van Rijn
c. 1652
Etching with drypoint on laid paper, state I/IV
2018.2
Jacques Callot
1619–1620
Etching on laid paper, state I/IV
91.1566
Jan Pietersz. Saenredam
1605
Engraving on laid paper, state I/IV
74.55
