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A reed pen and black ink drawing of the interior of a tavern in Pompeii. A figure peers in the doorway at the ruins of the stone vats and bar. A reed pen and black ink drawing of the interior of a tavern in Pompeii. A figure peers in the doorway at the ruins of the stone vats and bar. A reed pen and black ink drawing of the interior of a tavern in Pompeii. A figure peers in the doorway at the ruins of the stone vats and bar. RISDM 52-039 verso.tif RISDM 52-039 verso.tif

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Interior of a Tavern in Pompeii,

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Title

Interior of a Tavern in Pompeii

Medium

reed pen

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

40.8 x 53.5 cm (16 1/16 x 21 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Verso: inscribed in pen an ink in an 18th-century hand:"Tav. 27" and "veduta interna della Taberna situata nella Strada che conduce alla Porta della Citta' e' sta' a man sinistra prima della Casa del Chierurgo" [sic]

Stamped with collector's mark of Ludwig Hermann Philippi (1848-1908; Lugt 1335)

Type

Credit

Gift of Henry D. Sharpe

Object Number

52.039

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Interior of a Tavern in Pompeii

Verso: inscribed in pen an ink in an 18th-century hand:"Tav. 27" and "veduta interna della Taberna situata nella Strada che conduce alla Porta della Citta' e' sta' a man sinistra prima della Casa del Chierurgo" [sic]

Stamped with collector's mark of Ludwig Hermann Philippi (1848-1908; Lugt 1335)

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