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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, printmaker

Rovine del Sisto, o sia Della Gran Sala delle Terme Antoniniane (Ruins of the Xystus, the central hall of the Antonine Baths), 1765

Description

Maker

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720-1778, Italian, printmaker

Title

Rovine del Sisto, o sia Della Gran Sala delle Terme Antoniniane (Ruins of the Xystus, the central hall of the Antonine Baths)

Year

1765

Medium

Etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Cream laid paper

Dimensions

43.2 x 66.4 cm (17 x 26 1/8 inches) (plate) sight

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LR: "Rovine del Sisto, o sia Della Gran Sala della Terme Antoniniane Cavalier Piranesi f."

Identification

State

i/iv

Type

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar A. Leach

Object Number

64.015

About

A view of the ruins of the Xystus, a long open portico for athletic use, and the central hall of the Antoinine Baths. From a series of 135 plates.

Lettered LR: "Rovine del Sisto, o sia Della Gran Sala della Terme Antoniniane Cavalier Piranesi f."

i/iv

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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

Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference

December 15, 1965 - January 9, 1966

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