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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Avanzi degl' Aquedotti Neroniani chi si velevano distruggere... piedi (Remains of the Aqueduct of Nero)

Description

Maker

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

Title

Avanzi degl' Aquedotti Neroniani chi si velevano distruggere... piedi (Remains of the Aqueduct of Nero)
, from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

Year

1775

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 49.2 x 71 cm (19 3/8 x 27 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL: "Cavalier Piranesi F." LC: "Avanzi... 48."

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

Identification

State

ii/iv

Standard Reference Number

Hind 1922, no. 118; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 251

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

45.181

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Theatre That Was Rome
Apr 09, 2004 – Jul 11, 2004

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker
Avanzi degl' Aquedotti Neroniani chi si velevano distruggere... piedi (Remains of the Aqueduct of Nero); , from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), 1775
Etching on paper
Plate: 49.2 x 71 cm (19 3/8 x 27 15/16 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 45.181

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