Main entry:

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.

Title & Author:

Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto innalzati per la vittoria ad Actium e conquista dell'Egitto : con varj altri ornamenti diligentemente ricavati dagli avanzi più preziosi delle fabbriche antiche di Roma : utili à pittori, scultori ed architetti / disegnati ed incisi da Giambattista Piranesi architetto veneziano.

Publication:

In Roma : Nella stamparia di Giovanni Generoso Salomonj alla piazza di S. Ignazio ... : Si vendono in Roma da Giovanni Bouchard ..., 1753.

Description:

[1] leaf, [7] leaves of plates : all illustrations (etchings) ; 56 x 78 cm (brs.)

Notes:
T.p. printed in red and black.
Vendor statement precedes imprint, following title and statement of responsibility.
A total of 18 plates (including caption plates and t.p. vignette) printed on eight leaves.
Sculpture known as Trophies of Marius, but commemorating Domitian's Germanic victories, moved from the present Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II to the Capitoline Hill at Michelangelo's direction.
This suite also included in the early collections of Piranesi's etchings entitled Le magnificenze di Roma.
Focillon, H. Giovanni-Battista Piranesi, no. 134-143
Hind, A.M. Piranesi, p. 48
Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 3827-2

Subject:

Domitian, Emperor of Rome, 51-96 Monuments.
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
Domitian, Emperor of Rome, 51-96.
Trophies of Marius (Sculpture : Rome, Italy)
Military trophies in art.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural Italy Rome.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux Italie Rome.
Antiquities.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Monuments.
Rome (Italy) Antiquities.
Rome History, Military.
Rome (Italie) Antiquités.
Rome Histoire militaire.
Italy Rome.
Rome (Empire)

Form/genre:

Etchings (plates)
Military history.

Added entries:

Magnificenze di Roma.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 111613
Call No.: ID94B800
Status: Available