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After the Consideration of Bridges and the Tiber Island There Follows an Examination of Theaters, and Particulary of the Nearby Theater of Marcellus… (Dopo il trattato de’ Ponti, e dell Isola Tiberina segue la dimostrazione de’ Teatri... [see full title]

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After the Consideration of Bridges and the Tiber Island There Follows an Examination of Theaters, and Particulary of the Nearby Theater of Marcellus… (Dopo il trattato de’ Ponti, e dell Isola Tiberina segue la dimostrazione de’ Teatri... [see full title]

18th century
18th century
330 x 252 mm (13 x 9.9 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 360; Petrucci (1953) 194; Wilton-Ely 493 and p. 547 with remark: “Plan of the remains of the auditorium of the Theater.”

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

Accession Number: Retrospective TBD

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architecture*, 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.]
Italy - TGN 1000080
Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)

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plate Dimensions: 330 x 252 mm (13 x 9.9 in.)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . After the Consideration of Bridges and the Tiber Island There Follows an Examination of Theaters, and Particulary of the Nearby Theater of Marcellus… (Dopo il trattato de’ Ponti, e dell Isola Tiberina segue la dimostrazione de’ Teatri, e particolarmente del vicino Teatro di Marcello…), 18th century. From Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane). Etching. plate : 330 x 252 mm (13 x 9.9 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).

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