Reliquiae Pontis Triumphalis seu Vaticani

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778

Reliquiae Pontis Triumphalis seu Vaticani [graphic] / Piranesi F. - Romae : apud Auctorem, 1762. - 1 print : etching ; image 24.2 x 35.7 cm, on sheet 41.5 x 56.2 cm.

45th plate of Piranesi's Campus Martius antiquae Urbis, numbered Tab. XLV. Good condition. Illustration in: Campus Martius antiquae Urbis / Ioannis Baptistae Piranesii Antiquariorum Regiae Societatis Londinensis Socii. Romae : apud Auctorem, 1762. Includes a key: Fig. II. Vestigia turricularum ac parietum in alveo Tiberis e regione Nosocomij S. Spiritus, quae respondent ichnographiae Figurae III., ac falso audiunt, Pontis Triumphalis, ex opere partim Saracenico, ut videre est lit. A. partim absque arte coagmentato, tamquam lit. B. C. Forma lapidum qui inspiciuntur projecti extra perpendiculum turriculae D.

Closed access material (Library)

The plate is a composition of 6 images, including plans, depicting the remains of the so-called Triumphal or Vatican Bridge, also known as Nero's Bridge. On top left: Tab. XLV; lower left: Vide indicem ruinar. num. 39; signature lower right: Piranesi F.



Forms part of: Library Collection. Prints.

BSR-DIG-tapri-XL611.P13.48 BSR (digital file from original)


Archaeological sites--Italy--Rome--1760-1770.
Bridges--Italy--Rome--1760-1770.
Rivers--Italy--Rome--1760-1770.


Tiber River (Italy)--Pictorial works.
Campo Marzio (Rome, Italy)--Pictorial works.
Rome (Italy)--Antiquities--Pictorial works.


Etchings--1760-1770.
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