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Remains of the Substructures and Ruins of the Theater of Balbus, Today a Mound in the Regula Region (Relinquiae substructionum, ac rudera Theatri Balbi, hodie tumulus in regione quae dicitur Regulae)

18th century
18th century
230 x 350 mm (9.1 x 13.8 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 title plate, lower right
Bibliography: Focillon 459; Petrucci (1953) 441b; Wilton-Ely 590.
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)
  • ruins - Use generally for remains of buildings or groups of buildings that have been destroyed or are in a state of great disrepair or decay.

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 230 x 350 mm (9.1 x 13.8 in.)

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