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Arch of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius… (Arcus Marci Aurelii Imp…)


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Arch of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius… (Arcus Marci Aurelii Imp…)

18th century
18th century
360 x 235 mm (14.2 x 9.3 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 right
Bibliography: Focillon 466; Petrucci (1953) 448; Wilton-Ely 597 and p. 652 with remark: “The so-called ‘Arco di Portogallo.’”
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.]
  • Italy - TGN 1000080
  • Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 360 x 235 mm (14.2 x 9.3 in.)

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