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View of the Magnificent Substructure Built to Reinforce the Base of the Mountainside, and to Make the Appian Way More Convenient and Less Steep between the Valley and the Two Opposing Hills… (Veduta della magnifica Sostruzione… [see full title])

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View of the Magnificent Substructure Built to Reinforce the Base of the Mountainside, and to Make the Appian Way More Convenient and Less Steep between the Valley and the Two Opposing Hills… (Veduta della magnifica Sostruzione… [see full title])

18th century
18th century
430 x 670 mm (16.9 x 26.4 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

Edition: This plate was added after the 1764 edition

Marks: Signed in plate, lower left

Bibliography: Focillon 536bis; Petrucci (1953) 483; Wilton-Ely 670.

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892)

Accession Number: Retrospective TBD

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architecture*, Italy*

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

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plate Dimensions: 430 x 670 mm (16.9 x 26.4 in.)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . View of the Magnificent Substructure Built to Reinforce the Base of the Mountainside, and to Make the Appian Way More Convenient and Less Steep between the Valley and the Two Opposing Hills… (Veduta della magnifica Sostruzione fabbricata per regger la falda del Monte, e per render la via Appia piu commoda e meno declive tra la valle, e le due opposte colline…), 18th century. From Antichità d’Albano e di Castel Gandolfo Descritte ed incise da Giovambatista Piranesi. Etching. plate : 430 x 670 mm (16.9 x 26.4 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).

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