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Giovanni Battista Piranesi


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View of the Remains of the Side Colonnade of the Temple of Antoninus Pius, Now the Customs House (Veduta dell’ avanzo laterale del Portico che circondava la Cella del Tempio di Antonino Pio, inoggi la Dogana di Terra)

18th century
18th century
120 x 205 mm (4.7 x 8.1 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching
Series: from Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane)
Marks: Signed in plate, lower right
Bibliography: Focillon 168; Petrucci (1953) 13, fig. 2; Wilton-Ely 303 and p. 353 with remark: “Actually the Temple of the Divine Hadrian, now the Roman Stock Exchange.”
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892)
Accession Number: Retrospective TBD

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  • 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)
  • temples - Use for religious buildings dedicated to the service of a deity or deities, often housing a cult image; do not use for such Christian or Islamic religious buildings, prefer "churches" or "mosques." May also be used for Protestant places of worship in France and some French-speaking regions. [February 1995 scope note added.]

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 120 x 205 mm (4.7 x 8.1 in.)

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