The Catologue of the artist's work (Table of Contents of the Vedute di Roma)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1779
name: label: Artist
content: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Unrecorded; Hind, p. 6 (14). Arranged like a bulletin board with lists, beginning "Antichita Romane" nailed over examples of his work, notably the view of St. Peter's in Rome. Ornaments and fragments of classical details lie in the foreground. Left top corner, a tablet with inscription "CATALOGO . DELLE. OPERE/ DATE . FINORA . ALLA . LUCE/ DA GIO BATTISTA PIRANESI ..." Two framing lines. Bottom center: "Si vendono presso il medesimo Autore nel palazzo del conte Tomati a Strada Felice vicino alla Trinita de Monti." Bottom margin : continuation of catalogue to No. 94, where the hand changes, and then in three columns to No.137, which reads: "Statue di Meleagro del Museo Vaticano ..." A fourth column separated from these , at right.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-57-88
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching
label: Dimensions
content: 47.9 x 30.0 cm