ID: 700001038 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001038	Record Type: Movable Work

Il castel dell'acqua Marcia (etching (print); Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (etcher, 1720-1778); published 1751-1753; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 651056; accession number: 2004.PR.61**)

Note: 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 etching, from the Vedute di Roma, shows the ruins of the Marcia aqueduct water tower; Later issued under a different title ("Veduta dell'avanzo del Castello ..."), it served as the first plate after the frontispiece in Trofei di Ottaviano Avgvsto innalzati per la vittoria ad Activm e conqvista dell'Egitto; Vertical fold in center. Publication: [1751-1753].

Titles:

Il castel dell'acqua Marcia (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

Ruins of the Marcia aqueduct water tower (C,U,DE,English,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 1751-1753

Creator Display:

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

printmaker 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: 651056; accession number: 2004.PR.61**

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

	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>)

	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 39.8 x 60.4 cm, on sheet 53 x 74 cm

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

cityscapes

Specific Subjects:

	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)

	ruin [300008057]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>) (AAT)

	aqueducts [300006165]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, hydraulic structures, <hydraulic structures by function>, water distribution structures) (AAT)

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

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

Provenance: rumbl; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Il castel dell'acqua Marcia Piranesi architetto fec. Signed, lower right.; Date from: Robison. Dated 1753 by Hind.

State: i/vi

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Il castel dell'acqua Marcia	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 651056
Ruins of the Marcia aqueduct water tower	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

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

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

....................... Hind, A. M. Giovanni Battista Piranesi no. 34

....................... 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. 169

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