ID: 700001037 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001037	Record Type: Movable Work

Teatro di Marcello (etching (print); Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (etcher, 1720-1778); Published: ca. 1749-1750; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 651055; accession number: 2004.PR.60**)

Note: Signed, lower right; Inscription in the lower margin: Questo fu fabricato da Augusto, e dedicato a Marcello suo Nipote. / 1. Palazzo Orsini ristaurato da Baldassare da Siena Architetto. 2. Cupola di S. Maria in Campitelli; Date from: Robison. Dated 1757 by Hind; Starting in the 1740s and continuing throughout his career, Giovanni Battista Piranesi produced large-format plates, issued individually or in sets, known as the Vedute di Roma; The view of the Theater of Marcellus, from the Vedute di Roma, sets the theater in the crowded Piazza Montanara. Also known as the Palazzo Orsini, the theater begun by Caesar, completed by Augustus, and dedicated to his nephew Marcellus, was converted into a palace by the architect Peruzzi; Vertical fold in center. Publication: [1749?-1750].

Titles:

Teatro di Marcello (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

View of the Theater of Marcellus, Rome (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Teatro di Marcello; [graphic] / Piranesi architetto fec. (C,U,Italian,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

etching (print) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

prints (visual works) [300041273]

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

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: ca. 1749-1750

Creator Display:

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (etcher, 1720-1778) [preferred,GRISC]

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

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 651055; accession number: 2004.PR.60**

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Display Materials: 1 print: etching; State i/vii

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

Dimensions: plate mark 40.2 x 54.5 cm, on sheet 53.2 x 74.8 cm

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Rome [7000874]
	.....(Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Teatro di Marcello [700000700]
	.....(Teatro di Marcello [700000700], Built Works by class: recreational and entertainment structures [700009572], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	antiquities (object genre) [300311592]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by cultural or intellectual evaluation>) (AAT)

	vedute [300015556]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, topographical views) (AAT)

Provenance: rumbl; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Teatro di Marcello Piranesi architetto fec.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Teatro di Marcello	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 651055
View of the Theater of Marcellus, Rome	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Teatro di Marcello; [graphic] / Piranesi architetto fec.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

....................... Hind, A. M. Giovanni Battista Piranesi no. 33

....................... Robison, A. "Dating Piranesi's early Vedute di Roma," in Bettagno, A., ed. Piranesi tra Venezia e l'Europa p. 11-33

....................... Wilton-Ely, J. Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the complete etchings no. 157

Note:
English	..... [GRISC]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)