Title
Veduta del Tempio de Cibele a Piazza della Bocca della Verita - from Vedute di Roma
Artist
Year
1758 /1800
Technique
etching with engraving
Image Size
15 3/4 x 23 13/16" platemark
Signature
name etched in plate, lower right
Edition Size
from the first Paris edition, unnumbered as usual
Annotations
publisher, printer, artist information engraved along bottom edge of plate; description of scene in Italian, engraved in plate below image
Reference
Hind 63, state ii, page 57
Paper
heavy antique-white laid
State
published
Publisher
Francesco and Pietro Piranesi, Paris
Inventory ID
21871
Price
SOLD
Description
This is a view of the so-called Temple of Vesta, then called the Temple of Cybele, in the Piazza della Bocca della Verità . The temple is now thought to be the Temple of Hercules Victor, or Hercules Olivarius.