Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Internal View of the Atrium of the Portico of Octavia (Veduta Interna del'Atrio del Portico di Ottavia)

Maker

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker

Title

Internal View of the Atrium of the Portico of Octavia (Veduta Interna del'Atrio del Portico di Ottavia)
, from Views of Rome (Vedute di Roma)

Year

1760

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 41.3 x 55.1 cm (16 1/4 x 21 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL. "1. Due Fronspixi... mezzo." LC: "Veduta interna dell'Atrio del Portico di Ottavia." LR: "Piranesi Architetto fec. reggavano... Pescaria."

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Hind 1922, no. 59; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 167

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

50.241

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Venetian Drawings and Prints of the 18th Century
Jan 12, 1967 – Feb 05, 1967

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Tombstone

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker
Internal View of the Atrium of the Portico of Octavia (Veduta Interna del'Atrio del Portico di Ottavia); , from Views of Rome (Vedute di Roma), 1760
Etching on laid paper
Plate: 41.3 x 55.1 cm (16 1/4 x 21 11/16 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 50.241

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