Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta deli avanzi superiori delle Ferme di Deocleziano (Vies of visible remains of the Baths of Diocletian)

Maker

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

Title

Veduta deli avanzi superiori delle Ferme di Deocleziano (Vies of visible remains of the Baths of Diocletian)
from the series "Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)"
Veduta degli avanzi superiori delle Terme di Diocleziano a S. Maria degli Angeli

Year

1774

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 44.4 x 70 cm (17 1/2 x 27 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL: "1. Granari... Negroni." LC: "Veduta degla avanzi superiori delle Terme di Deocleziano 3. Chiessa di S. Maria degli Angeli" LR: "Caval. Piranesi F." "La maggior... Ospizio."

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

Identification

State

i/iii

Standard Reference Number

Hind 1922, no. 116; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 249

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf

Object Number

16.594

Type

Image use

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Tombstone

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker
Veduta deli avanzi superiori delle Ferme di Deocleziano (Vies of visible remains of the Baths of Diocletian); from the series "Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)"; Veduta degli avanzi superiori delle Terme di Diocleziano a S. Maria degli Angeli, 1774
Etching on laid paper
Plate: 44.4 x 70 cm (17 1/2 x 27 9/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf 16.594

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