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View of the Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, Located on the Ancient Via Ostiense, Now Via S. Paolo… (Veduta della Piramide di Caio Cestio, situata sopra l’antica Via Ostiense, oggi detta di S. Paolo…)


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View of the Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, Located on the Ancient Via Ostiense, Now Via S. Paolo… (Veduta della Piramide di Caio Cestio, situata sopra l’antica Via Ostiense, oggi detta di S. Paolo…)

18th century
18th century
375 x 595 mm (14.8 x 23.4 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching
Series: from Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane)
Edition: TOM. 3
Marks: Signed in plate, lower right
Bibliography: Focillon 322; Petrucci (1953) 152; Wilton-Ely 455.
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892)
Accession Number: Retrospective TBD

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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: 375 x 595 mm (14.8 x 23.4 in.)

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