ID: 700000094 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000094	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

An Ancient Port (preparatory drawing; Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778) ; 1749 /1750; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 88.GB.18)

Note: Preparatory study for an etching made when the artist was 23. The etching was published as part of a series of architectural and perspective images. He combined arches, pedestals, columns, bridges, and sculptures in an imaginative reconstruction of monumental and complex classical architecture. Piranesi took a creative approach when he made architectural fantasies like this one, using antique ruins as his point of departure.

Titles:

An Ancient Port (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

preparatory drawing [300068293] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, drawings (visual works), <drawings by function>)

drawing (visual work) [300033973]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1749 /1750

Creator Display:

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778) [preferred,VP]

draftsman Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (Italian printmaker, architect, 1720-1778) [500114965]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 88.GB.18

Display Materials: red chalk and black chalk and brown and reddish wash; squared in black chalk

	red chalk [300080064]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, chalk)

	black chalk [300080058]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, chalk)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	wash technique [300182748]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques by application method or circumstances>)

	drawing (image-making) [300054196]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <drawing and drawing techniques>)

	squaring (transferring technique) [300053431]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <transferring and transferring techniques>, transferring techniques)

Dimensions: 38.5 x 52.8 cm

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:

	architectural fantasy (depiction) [300343855]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, drawings (visual works), <drawings by function>) (AAT)

	port (settlement) [300120599]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), inhabited places, <settlements by economic base>) (AAT)

	Roman (ancient Italian culture or period) [300020533]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Ancient Italian) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: On the mount, at lower left, inscribed "J. B. Piranese" in brown ink.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
An Ancient Port	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)