Veduta del Sito, ov'era l'antico Foro Romano (View of the Site of the Ancient Roman Forum), from Le Magnificenze di Roma: Vedute di Roma
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720 - 1778
1756
Etching on heavy laid paper
Plate: 14 15/16 × 23 5/16 in. (37.9 × 59.2 cm)
Sheet: 20 13/16 × 27 9/16 in. (52.8 × 70 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
PR.977.24.22
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in plate, lower right: Piranesi Architetto fec.; Inscribed, in plate, lower center: Veduta del Sito, ov'era l'antico Foro Romano; Inscribed, in plate, lower left: 1. Fenili, in questo Iuogo erano situati i Rostri. 2. Altro luogo, ove / poi furono trasportati da Cesare. 3. S. Teodoro. in questo sito furono trovati Romolo, / e Remo portati qui dal Tevere presso al Fico Ruminale. 4. Monte Palatino coi Vestigj / del Palazzo d'Cesari. 5. S. Maria Liberatrice. 6. Colonne del Tempio di Giove Statore. ; Inscribed, in plate, lower center: sare da Marcantonio, la testa e mano di Cicerone, e c. e finalm te. presso quali seguirono fatti sanguinosi tra Cittadini Romani; Inscribed, in plate, lower right: Vasca di Granita orientale tutta d'un pezzo di estraordinaria grandezza, in questo sito / eravi la voragine di Curzio. 8. Monte Aventino. 9. Acqua che scorre nella Cloaca massima. / Tutta questa parte memorabile nella Storia Romana partico larm. te per li Rostri, da quali si pero / rava al Popolo, si esponevano i Capi degli uccisi, o proscritti, come fu la Veste insanguinata di Ce-; Watermark: fleur-de-lis in circle [Hind 1]
Course History
REL 30, Sacred Cities: Rome, Christopher MacEvitt, Spring 2013
REL 30, Sacred Cities: Rome, Christopher MacEvitt, Spring 2013
REL 30.1, Sacred Cities: Rome, Christopher MacEvitt, Winter 2019
Religion 30.01, Sacred Cities, Christopher MacEvitt, Winter 2024
Religion 30.01, Sacred Cities, Christopher MacEvitt, Winter 2024
Exhibition History
Two Views of Italy: Master Prints by Canaletto and Piranesi, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 11-September 3, 1995, no.45.
Publication History
Richard Rand and John Varriano, Two Views of Italy: Master Prints by Canaletto and Piranesi, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1995, no. 45, plate 10.
Catalogue Raisonne
Focillon 801; Hind 41 i/vii
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