A View of the Amphitheatre, at Rome, as it now appears

Druckgraphik

Object Details

• Location: Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
• Inventory number: FVivares AB 2.40
• Measurements: Höhe: 392 mm (Platte) ; Breite: 547 mm ; Höhe: 466 mm (Blatt) ; Breite: 614 mm
• Material/Technique: Radierung
• Inscription/Labeling: Inschrift: Busiri del: T: Smith pin: [Zeichner]; [Maler]; F. Vivares sculp: [Stecher]; A View of the Amphitheatre at Rome; as it now appears. It was begun by Vespasian, and finish´d by his Son Titus an Dom: 65; it is above 600 feet in length, 500 in breadth, & 200 in height; cost ten Millions of Crowns, and Held which ease 87000 Spectators. 2 Publish´d 1769 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside N°. 90, J. Bowles in Cornhill N°.13 & H. Parker N°. 82 in Cornhill, London.

References and Relationships

• Related object and literature: beschrieben in: Nagler Künstlerlexikon 1835-1852, S. XX.442.49

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Druckgraphik (Gattung)
• Subject (what): Baum ; Frau ; Landschaft ; Mann ; Skulptur ; Tempel ; Bach ; Pflanzen
• Subject (where): Rom, Colosseum / Kolosseum / Coliseo / Amphitheatrum Flavium / Amphitheatrum Novum

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Herstellung
• (who): Vivarès, François (Stecher) ; Parker, Henry (Verleger) ; Boydell, John (Verleger) ; Bowles, John (Verleger) ; Busiri, Giovanni Battista (Zeichner) ; Smith, Thomas (Maler) ; Smith, Thomas (Inventor)
• (when): 1769

Further information

• Last update: 11.04.2025, 1:33 PM CEST