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RISDM 78-066.tif

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Vedute di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo Aganale (View of the Piazza Navona above the Ruins of the Circus of Domitian)

Description

Maker

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

Title

Vedute di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo Aganale (View of the Piazza Navona above the Ruins of the Circus of Domitian)
Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

Year

1751

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 46.4 x 69.8 cm (18 1/4 x 27 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LR: "Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo Agonale Cav. Piranesi F"

Identification

State

i/vi

Standard Reference Number

Hind 1922, no 16; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 241

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

78.066

Type

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Tombstone

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker
Vedute di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo Aganale (View of the Piazza Navona above the Ruins of the Circus of Domitian); Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), 1751
Etching
Plate: 46.4 x 69.8 cm (18 1/4 x 27 1/2 inches)
Jesse Metcalf Fund 78.066

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