Library Collection. Prints
[A. Pons Aelius absque recentibus ornamentis .... ]
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 (artist)Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931 (collector)
Romae
apud Auctorem
1762
1 print : etching ; image 40.5 x 22 cm, on sheet 56.2 x 41.5 cm.
The print depicts the Aelian Bridge and the Mausoleam of Hadrian without restorations; on top right: Tab. XLIIII; lower center: Vide indicem ruinar. num. 37. 38; signature lower right: Piranesi F.
44th plate of Piranesi's Campus Martius antiquae Urbis, numbered Tab. XLIIII. Good condition. Illustration in: Campus Martius antiquae Urbis / Ioannis Baptistae Piranesii Antiquariorum Regiae Societatis Londinensis Socii. Romae : apud Auctorem, 1762. Title continues: ... B. Reliquiae Sepulchri Aelij Hadriani Imp. sine operibus, quae hodie Castra Sancti Angeli dicuntur ostensae. Forms part of: Library Collection. Prints.
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Castel Sant'Angelo (Rome, Italy)
Pictorial worksMausoleum of Hadrian (Rome, Italy)Archaeological sitesArchesBridgesRiversTombs & sepulchral monumentsAntiquities
ItalyRomeTiber RiverCampo MarzioPonte Sant'AngeloPonte ElioRomaLazio
1760-1770
Etchings
British School at Rome
XL.611.P.13-47
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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