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Meeting Hall, or Entry to Various Grandiose Rooms and Other Magnificent Halls in Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli… (Dieta, o sia Luogo che da ingresso a diversi grandiosi Cubicoli, e ad altre magnifiche Stanze, esistente nella Villa Adriana…)

1777
18th century
438 x 575 mm (17.2 x 22.6 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
Marks: Signed in plate on cartouche, right: “Cav. Piranesi F.”
Bibliography: 1792 cat. no. 131; Focillon 848; Hind 134; Wilton-Ely 267 and p. 310 with remark: “The so-called Academy. This shows the octagonal room in the Small Baths.”
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Accession Number: 1973.D1.181

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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)
  • villas - Related Term

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 438 x 575 mm (17.2 x 22.6 in.)

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