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Various Entablatures, Capitals and Ornamental Fragments

18th century
18th century
407 x 1226 mm (16 x 48.3 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching

Series: from Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de’ Romani

Marks: Signed in plate, lower right

Bibliography: Petrucci (1953) 304 and 307; Wilton-Ely 779 and p. 847 with remark: “S. Pietro in Vaticano, SS. Cosma e Damiano, Palazzo Farnese, etc. Fold-out plate.”

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: 407 x 1226 mm (16 x 48.3 in.)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Various Entablatures, Capitals and Ornamental Fragments, 18th century. From Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de’ Romani. Etching. plate : 407 x 1226 mm (16 x 48.3 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).

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