Monumenteel tablet, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, in or after 1747

Title(s)

Monumenteel tablet
Capricci decorativi (former series title)
Grotteschi (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1958-608

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 23
• Wilton-Ely 24
• Robison 24-2(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Decoratieve fantasie met leeg tablet, omgeven door schilden, kettingen, veren en vaten. Op de voorgrond rechts doodskoppen en een zandloper.

Artist

• print maker: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (mentioned on object)
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi (mentioned on object)

Place

Rome

Dating

in or after 1747

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving / drypoint / scoring

Measurements

height 392 mm × width 539 mm

What

• hourglass
• landscape with ruins
• skull as symbol of 'Vanitas'
• protective weapons: shield

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the J.W. Edwin Vom Rath Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1958

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 44, cat.nr. 24
• Piranesi : early architectural fantasies : a catalogue raisonné of the etchings, Andrew Robinson, p. 122, cat.nr. 24
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 282, cat.nr. 23
• Aanwinsten