Library Collection. Prints
[1. Scenographia operis includentis Specum Aquae Virginis ... ]
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 (artist)Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931 (collector)
Romae
apud Auctorem
1762
1 print : etching ; image 35.7 x 24 cm, on sheet 56.2 x 45 cm.
The print depicts an interior view of the specus of the Aqua Virgo, part of which can still be seen at Via del Nazareno. The inscription on both sides indicates that Claudius rebuilt this stretch of the arcade in AD 45. On top left: Tab. XX; lower right: Vid. ind. ruin. n. 31. 32. 33.
20th plate of Piranesi's Campus Martius antiquae Urbis, numbered Tab. XX. Good condition. Illustration in: Campus Martius antiquae Urbis / Ioannis Baptistae Piranesii Antiquariorum Regiae Societatis Londinensis Socii. Romae : apud Auctorem, 1762. Title continues: ... 2. Monumentum Claudij Caes. arcuum ductus ejusdem Aquae restitutoris. 3. Capitula columnarum, quae monumentum sustinent, hodieque infra terram cum arcubus ductus remanent inter rudera. 4. Opus recentium aedificiorum aquaeductu nitens. 5. Lacus recens ac privatus. 6. Aquae pars ex Specu in Lacum derivata. Forms part of: Library Collection. Prints.
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AqueductsArchaeological sitesPictorial worksAntiquities
ItalyRomeCampo MarzioAqua VirgoRomaLazio
1760-1770
Etchings
British School at Rome
XL.611.P.13-24
Closed access material (Library)
The volume 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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