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The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius (Piramide di C. Cestio)


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The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius (Piramide di C. Cestio)

1756
18th century
394 x 538 mm (15.5 x 21.2 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper
State: First of three states
Series: from Views of Rome Drawn and Etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect (Vedute di Roma disegnate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Ve[nez]iano)
Edition: First Paris edition, 1800–1807; loose sheet, not bound in volume
Marks: Signed in plate, lower right: “Piranesi F.”
Bibliography: 1792 cat. no. 111; Focillon 745; Hind 36; Wilton-Ely 190.
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.83

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This object has the following keywords:
  • 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.]
  • Italy - TGN 1000080
  • Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 394 x 538 mm (15.5 x 21.2 in.)

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