Romeinse ruïnes

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1730 - 1778

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1940-589
  • Dimensionsheight 60 mm x width 84 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen en penseel in bruin over schets in rood krijt

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Romeinse ruïnes

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1940-589

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature: ‘Piranesi’

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Giovanni Battista Piranesi

  • Dating

    1730 - 1778

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    pen en penseel in bruin over schets in rood krijt

  • Dimensions

    height 60 mm x width 84 mm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1940

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, N. Beets, Amsterdam (F. Muller), 9 April 1940 sqq., no. 135, fl. 160, to the dealer J.H.J. Mellaart, Scheveningen;{Copy RMA.} from whom, fl. 90, to the museum, with support from the F.G. Waller fonds, 1940

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

  • Jaarverslag 1940, p. 31, afb. na p. 72, p. 113.

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