Veduta dell’Atrio del Portico di Ottavia

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 (artist)
Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931 (collector)

[Roma]

Presso l’Autore a Strada Felice vicino alla Trinità de’ monti

[between 1761 and 17??]

1 print : etching ; 53 x 74,5 cm.

Bottom center: Presso l’Autore a Strada Felice vicino alla Trinità de’ monti. A paoli due e mezzo; bottom right: Piranesi Architetto fec.
Caption continues: 1. S. Angelo in Pescaria. 2. Interno dell’Atrio. 3. Tavoloni di marmo, che coprivano l’Atrio, sopra cadaun de’ quali si scorge in piede un pezzo di marmo intagliato di un’Aquila in basso rilevo. 4. Pitture moderne.
Title from the print's caption.
Forms part of: Ashby Collection. Prints.

Focillon, 815
Wilton-Ely, 166

Digitisation sponsored by Clare Hornsby 2021

Archaeological sites
Arches
People
Porticoes (Porches)
Roman temples
Pictorial works
Antiquities
Buildings, structures, etc

Italy
Rome
Porticus of Octavia
Roma
Lazio

1760-1770

Etchings

British School at Rome

TA[PRI]-GBP17-124

Closed access material (Library)

One of the loose prints by Giovanni Battista Piranesi originally belonged to Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), Director British School at Rome (1906-1925), who inherited his father’s library and continued to enrich the collection throughout his life. The collection was purchased from his widow in 1931 for the BSR Library thanks to a generous donation from the Treasurer at the time, William Russell.

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