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Ruins of the Xystus [a long open portico used for athletic exercises], the Central Hall of the Antonine Baths [The Baths of Caracalla] (Rovine del Sisto, o sia della gran sala delle Terme Antoniniane)


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Ruins of the Xystus [a long open portico used for athletic exercises], the Central Hall of the Antonine Baths [The Baths of Caracalla] (Rovine del Sisto, o sia della gran sala delle Terme Antoniniane)

1765
18th century
433 x 660 mm (17 x 26 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper
State: Second of four 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
Marks: Signed in plate, left of cartouche: “Cavalier Piranesi F.”
Bibliography: 1792 cat. no. 104; Focillon 851; Hind 77; Wilton-Ely 210 and p. 253 with remark: “This is now considered to have been the frigidarium.”
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Accession Number: 1973.D1.124

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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)
  • ruins - Use generally for remains of buildings or groups of buildings that have been destroyed or are in a state of great disrepair or decay.

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 433 x 660 mm (17 x 26 in.)

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