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Remains of the Aqueduct of Nero Which Were to Be Destroyed on Account of Their Age but Remained Standing by the Order of Pope Clement XIV (Avanzi degl’Aquedotti Neroniani che si volevano distruggere per la loro vecchiezza… [see full title])


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Remains of the Aqueduct of Nero Which Were to Be Destroyed on Account of Their Age but Remained Standing by the Order of Pope Clement XIV (Avanzi degl’Aquedotti Neroniani che si volevano distruggere per la loro vecchiezza… [see full title])

1756
18th century
495 x 713 mm (19.5 x 28.1 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: “Cavalier Piranesi F.”
Bibliography: 1792 cat. no. 48; Focillon 850; Hind 118; Wilton-Ely 251.
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Accession Number: 1973.D1.165

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  • 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: 495 x 713 mm (19.5 x 28.1 in.)

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