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The Antiquities of Rome by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect. Volume Four, Containing the Ancient Bridges, the Remains of Theaters, of Porticoes, and of Other Monuments of Rome (Le Antichita Romane di Giambatista Piranesi… [see full title])


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The Antiquities of Rome by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect. Volume Four, Containing the Ancient Bridges, the Remains of Theaters, of Porticoes, and of Other Monuments of Rome (Le Antichita Romane di Giambatista Piranesi… [see full title])

18th century
18th century
400 x 253 mm (15.7 x 10 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 left
Bibliography: Focillon 337; Petrucci (1953) 168; Wilton-Ely 470.
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892)
Accession Number: Retrospective TBD

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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.]
  • bridges (built works) - Structures spanning and providing passage over waterways, topographic depressions, transportation routes, or similar circulation barriers. [September 1994 scope note added; related term added. March 1993 descriptor changed, was 'bridges'; alternate term changed, was 'bridge'.]
  • Italy - TGN 1000080
  • Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 400 x 253 mm (15.7 x 10 in.)

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