Imaginary view of Rome
Maker
(artist)
1691-1765
(etcher)
ca. 1715-1792 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1705-1758
1691-1765
(etcher)
ca. 1715-1792 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1705-1758
Title
Imaginary view of Rome
Date of Production
(12 April) 1746
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 46.7 cm
Width: 59.7 cm
Width: 59.7 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.912
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Temple of Fortuna Virilis
Mausoleum of Hadrian
Medici vase
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: Below the image, lower left edge, black ink: “Gio Paolo Pannini pinx.”; lower right edge, black ink: “JS. Muller sculp.”; bottom left-centre, black ink: “Published by Ar. Pond April 12.th 1746.”; bottom centre, black ink: “In the collection of George Lewis Coke Esq.” ; bottom cetre-right, black ink: “4 feet 6 inch wide// 3 feet 4 inch high” ; lower margin, from left to right corresponding to the monuments depicted in the above image, black ink: “The Basilica of Antoninus // now the custum house at Rome”; “The Temple of Fortuna Virilis”; “The Mausoleum of Hadrian”; “The Medicean Vase”.
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