Vestigai d'antichi Edifiei fra i quali evvi l'Urna Sepolcrale tutta d'un pezzo di pordifo di Marco Agrippa (Remains of Ancient Buildings among which there is the Burial Urn Made of Porphry for Marco Agrippa which now serves as a Sepulchre for Clement XII), from Le Magnificenze di Roma: Opere Varie di Architettua
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720 - 1778
published 1752
Etching on heavy laid paper
Plate: 15 1/4 × 9 15/16 in. (38.7 × 25.2 cm)
Plate: 15/16 × 9 3/4 in. (2.4 × 24.7 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/2 × 14 3/4 in. (52.1 × 37.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
PR.977.25.30
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in plate, lower left: Gio Batta Piranesi Architetto invento, ed incise in Roma; Inscribed, in plate, lower left to lower right: Ruine di Spolcro antico posto dinanzi ad altre ruine d'un Acquedotto pure antico; / sopra gli archi del medesimo v e il canale, per cui si conduceva l'acqua in Roma; 6. ; Watermark: [fleur-de-lis in circle, Hind 1]
Catalogue Raisonne
Focillon 6; S. A4 ii/iii
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