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Magnificent Bridge with Loggias, and Arches Erected by a Roman Emperor… (Ponte magnifico con Logge, ed Archi eretto da un Imperatore Romano…)


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Magnificent Bridge with Loggias, and Arches Erected by a Roman Emperor… (Ponte magnifico con Logge, ed Archi eretto da un Imperatore Romano…)

1743
18th century
260 x 359 mm (10.2 x 14.1 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching with title printed from a separate plate on laid paper
Series: from Part One of Architecture and Perspectives… (Prima Parte di Architettura e Prospettive inventate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architteto Veneziano fra gli Arcadi Salcindio Tiseio)
Edition: First Paris edition, 1800–1807
Marks: Signed in plate, lower center: “Gio Piranesi Arch inv. ed inc Roma”; inscribed in plate, lower right: numeral “8”
Bibliography: Focillon 7; Hind (1922), pp. 75, 78 ff.; Wilton-Ely 8.
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.20

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  • arches - Structural elements, typically curved, spanning openings and transmitting vertical loads to either side of the opening; also, structural elements or freestanding structures that resemble arches or act structurally like arches. [March 1993 descriptor moved.]
  • architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
  • bridges (built works) - Structures spanning and providing passage over waterways, topographic depressions, transportation routes, or similar circulation barriers. [September 1994 scope note added; related term added. March 1993 descriptor changed, was 'bridges'; alternate term changed, was 'bridge'.]
  • Italy - TGN 1000080
  • Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 260 x 359 mm (10.2 x 14.1 in.)

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