Detail View: Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive: Plan of the existing buildings at Hadrian's Villa

Collection: 
Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
Image No.: 
200063
Title: 
Plan of the existing buildings at Hadrian's Villa
View: 
Central section (3)
Dates: 
1781-1789
View Type: 
plan views; detail views
Location: 
Europe--Italy--Lazio--Rome
Location Type: 
Creation
Culture: 
Italian
Period: 
Neoclassical
Creator: 
etcher Piranesi, Giovanni B. 1720-1778 Italian
Creator: 
printmaker Piranesi, Francesco c. 1756 - 1810 Italian
Materials: 
paper
Techniques: 
etching (printing process)
Measurements: 
81.28 x 310.52 cm
Repository: 
New York, NY, USA, Private Collection, New York
Category: 
Villas
Work Type: 
Etchings
Work Type: 
Plans (drawings)
Work Description: 
Six folio sheets, conjoined to form one vast bird's-eye view of Piranesi's reconstruction of Hadrian's Villa
Subjects: 
Hadrian's Villa (Tivoli, Italy); Antiquarianism; Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778; Imperial (Roman); Archaeological sites; Reconstructions; Maps
Work Notes: 
Early impression of Piranesi's vast survey of Hadrian's Villa. "The large scale of the plan (1:1000), together with Piranesi's unparalleled etching technique, permitted every component of the Villa to be delineated in great detail" (John Pinto, "Piranesi
Rights Type: 
fair use