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View of the Remains of the House of Niccolo di Rienzo Constructed from Fragments of Ancient Buildings, Opposite the Church of Santa Maria Egizziaca (Veduta dell’ avanzo della Casa di Nicolo di Rienzo fabbricata di spoglie di antichi… [see full title])

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View of the Remains of the House of Niccolo di Rienzo Constructed from Fragments of Ancient Buildings, Opposite the Church of Santa Maria Egizziaca (Veduta dell’ avanzo della Casa di Nicolo di Rienzo fabbricata di spoglie di antichi… [see full title])

18th century
18th century
130 x 215 mm (5.1 x 8.5 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching

Series: from Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane)

Marks: Signed in plate, lower right

Bibliography: Focillon 183; Petrucci (1953) 21, fig. 1; Wilton-Ely 318.

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892)

Accession Number: Retrospective TBD

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architecture*, houses*, Italy*, Rome*

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.]
houses - Individual dwellings designed to be occupied by a single tenant or family. [July 1995 descriptor moved. March 1995 scope note added. November 1992 related term added.]
Italy - TGN 1000080
Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)

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plate Dimensions: 130 x 215 mm (5.1 x 8.5 in.)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . View of the Remains of the House of Niccolo di Rienzo Constructed from Fragments of Ancient Buildings, Opposite the Church of Santa Maria Egizziaca (Veduta dell’ avanzo della Casa di Nicolo di Rienzo fabbricata di spoglie di antichi edifizzi, in contro la Chiesa di S. Maria Egizziaca), 18th century. From Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane). Etching. plate : 130 x 215 mm (5.1 x 8.5 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).

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