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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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architecture*, churches, doorways*, Italy*, religions, religious buildings

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

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

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . 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. From Antichità d’Albano e di Castel Gandolfo Descritte ed incise da Giovambatista Piranesi. Etching. plate : 295 x 430 mm (11.6 x 16.9 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).

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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)