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View of the Campus Martius (Scenographia Campi Martii)


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View of the Campus Martius (Scenographia Campi Martii)

18th century
18th century
490 x 730 mm (19.3 x 28.7 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching
Series: from The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G. B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London (Il Campo Marzio dell’ Antica Roma, Opera di G. B. Piranesi socio della reale società degli antiquari di Londra)
Marks: Signed in plate, lower left
Bibliography: Focillon 437; Petrucci (1953) 422; Wilton-Ely 568 and p. 622 with remark: “Aerial view with significant monuments in the foreground and key to buildings depicted on either side of plate. Indices at sides fold out.”
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: 490 x 730 mm (19.3 x 28.7 in.)

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