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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Avanzi degl' Aquedotti Neroniani chi si velevano distruggere... piedi (Remains of the Aqueduct of Nero),

Maker

  • Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title

Avanzi degl' Aquedotti Neroniani chi si velevano distruggere... piedi (Remains of the Aqueduct of Nero)

Medium

etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Etching on paper

Techniques

  • Etching on paper

Supports

  • Heavy weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 49.2 x 71 cm (19 3/8 x 27 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL: "Cavalier Piranesi F." LC: "Avanzi... 48."

Marks: R.IS.D. Museum stamp in brown ink on verso.

Identification

State

ii/iv

Standard Reference Number

Hind 1922, no. 118; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 251

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

45.181

Avanzi degl' Aquedotti Neroniani chi si velevano distruggere... piedi (Remains of the Aqueduct of Nero)
, from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

Lettered LL: "Cavalier Piranesi F." LC: "Avanzi... 48."

Marks: R.IS.D. Museum stamp in brown ink on verso.

Hind 1922, no. 118; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 251
ii/iv

Exhibition History

The Theatre That Was Rome

April 9 - July 11, 2004
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