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Remains of the Temple of the God Canopus at Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli (Avanzi del Tempio del Dio Canopo nella Villa Adriana in Tivoli)


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Remains of the Temple of the God Canopus at Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli (Avanzi del Tempio del Dio Canopo nella Villa Adriana in Tivoli)

1768
18th century
455 x 589 mm (17.9 x 23.2 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, lower left margin: “Cavaliere Piranesi delin. e inc.”
Bibliography: 1792 cat. no. 133; Focillon 844; Hind 90; Wilton-Ely 223 and p. 266 with remark: “Now considered to have been a nymphaeum.”
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Accession Number: 1973.D1.137

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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)
  • temples - Use for religious buildings dedicated to the service of a deity or deities, often housing a cult image; do not use for such Christian or Islamic religious buildings, prefer "churches" or "mosques." May also be used for Protestant places of worship in France and some French-speaking regions. [February 1995 scope note added.]
  • villas - Related Term

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 455 x 589 mm (17.9 x 23.2 in.)

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