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The Remaining Part of the Porticoes and Vaults Which Supported the Banks of Seating in the So-Called Circus Agonalis or Circus of Alexander Severus (Pars residua porticuum, et concamerationum quae sustinebant… [see full title])

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The Remaining Part of the Porticoes and Vaults Which Supported the Banks of Seating in the So-Called Circus Agonalis or Circus of Alexander Severus (Pars residua porticuum, et concamerationum quae sustinebant… [see full title])

18th century
18th century
200 x 400 mm (7.9 x 15.7 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 right

Bibliography: Focillon 467; Petrucci (1953) 449a; Wilton-Ely 597 and p. 653 with remark: “Today incorporated into the Piazza Navona.”

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: 200 x 400 mm (7.9 x 15.7 in.)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . The Remaining Part of the Porticoes and Vaults Which Supported the Banks of Seating in the So-Called Circus Agonalis or Circus of Alexander Severus (Pars residua porticuum, et concamerationum quae sustinebant gradus spectaculorum Circi, Agonalis nuncupati, sive Alexandri Severi), 18th century. 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). Etching. plate : 200 x 400 mm (7.9 x 15.7 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).

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