2020.03.01
Pianta dell antico Foro Romano second state
Le Antichità Romane Tom. I tab. XLIII
from University Library of Heidelberg
Le Antichità Romane Tom. I
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from University Library of Heidelberg
The University Library of Heidelberg's Le Antichità Romane volume 1 ends with 'Pianta dell antico Foro Romano' being the fifth-to-last large engraving. This order does not conform with how Le Antichità Romane volume 1 is authoritatively catalogued, and the plan of the Circus Maximus within the plan of the ancient Roman Forum is not as it was first drawn by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Two of the large engravings appended to Le Antichità Romane volume 1 are the work of Francesco Piranesi, the eldest son of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. These added engravings depict plans of the Palace of the Caesars on the Palatin Hill, and the third added engraving is unsigned and depicts the plan of the Circus of Maxentius on the Appian Way, although it is labeled as the Circus of Caracalla which is what the circus was believed to be in Piranesi's time. The subject matter of all three engravings relates directly to the changes made to the Circus Maximus within 'Pianta dell antico Foro Romano' the now fifth-to-last large engraving of Le Antichità Romane volume 1.
Also, Le Antichità Romane volume 1 within the collections of the Getty Research Institute contains 'Pianta dell antico Foro Romano' where the plan of the Circus Maximus is not as it was first drawn by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, and is appended with three large engravings, two signed by Francesco Piranesi, and one unsigned.
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