Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen owns almost all of the graphic oeuvres of three great 18th-century Venetian masters: Piranesi, Canaletto and Tiepolo. This is thanks to J.C.J. Bierens de Haan (1867-1951), who bequeathed his collection of 26,000 prints to the museum. He also left a large sum of money to establish a fund for the acquisition of graphic art (the Lucas van Leyden Foundation). Piranesi is best known for two sets of etchings: the ‘Carceri’ (prisons) and the ‘Vedute di Roma’ (views of Rome).
Specifications
| Title | The Round Tower |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Etching and engraving |
| Object type |
Print
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 535 mm Width 410 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Publisher:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
|
| Accession number | L 1952/30 (PK) |
| Credits | Purchased with the support of Lucas van Leyden Foundation, 1952 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1952 |
| Creation date | in 1761 |
| Signature | lower left: Piranesi F. |
| Watermark | none (vV, 24P) |
| Inscriptions | upper left: III |
| Provenance | ; - ; art dealers Paul Prouté S.A., Paris; Purchased with the support of Lucas van Leyden Foundation, 1952 |
| Exhibitions | Rotterdam 1953; Amsterdam 1997; Maastricht 1998; Rotterdam 1998; Sint-Niklaas 1999; Rotterdam 2006; Rotterdam 2010 (coll 2 kw 7-8); Rotterdam 2015; Rotterdam 2019 |
| Internal exhibitions |
De Collectie Twee - wissel VIII, Prenten & Tekeningen (2010) De Collectie Twee - wissel VII, Prenten & Tekeningen (2010) Piranesi . Canaletto . Tiepolo: prenten uit de collectie Bierens de Haan, een keuze van oud-directeur J.C. Ebbinge Wubben (2006) |
| External exhibitions |
Boijmans bij de Buren - De duizelingwekkende verbeelding van Piranesi (2019) |
| Research |
Show research Piranesi on Paper |
| Literature | Focillon 1918, no. 26; Hind 1922, no. 3; Rotterdam 1953, nos. 15-30; Robison 1986, no. 30; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 28; Amsterdam 1997, no. III, ill.; Maastricht 1998, pl. 4; Rotterdam 2006, ill.; Rotterdam 2015, no. 33 |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Etching
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Engraving
> Engraved
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Engraving
> Engraved
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
|
| Geographical origin | Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
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