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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, printmaker

Internal View of the Atrium of the Portico of Octavia (Veduta Interna del'Atrio del Portico di Ottavia), 1760

Description

Maker

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720-1778, Italian, printmaker

Title

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

Year

1760

Medium

Etching on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Heavy weight cream laid paper

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."

Type

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

50.241

About

View from the inside of the Atrium of the Portico of Octavia. The fish market lies beyond. From a series of 135 plates.

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

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Projects & Publications

Publications

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Complete Etchings

Giovanni Battista Piranesi; A Critical Study with a List of his Published Works and Detailed Catalogues of the Prisons and Views of Rome

Exhibition History

Venetian Drawings and Prints of the 18th Century

January 12 - February 5, 1967

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