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Illustration of Two Ancient Cornices, Today the Jambs of the Door of the Church Called the Rotonda in Albano (Disegno di due antiche cornici consimili, oggi stipiti della porta della chiesa detta la Rotonda in Albano)

18th century
18th century
295 x 430 mm (11.6 x 16.9 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching
Series: from Antichità d’Albano e di Castel Gandolfo Descritte ed incise da Giovambatista Piranesi
Marks: Signed in plate within image, lower right
Bibliography: Focillon 529; Petrucci (1953) 476; Wilton-Ely 662 and p. 719 with remark: “With two other fragments from the Albano area.”
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.]
  • churches
  • doorways - Denotes openings, which contain or could contain a door, that provide access into or out of building spaces. [March 1993 descriptor moved. August 1991 scope note changed.]
  • Italy - TGN 1000080
  • religions
  • religious buildings

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 295 x 430 mm (11.6 x 16.9 in.)

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