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Topographical Map of Rome, Showing Hydraulic and Defensive Systems (Tavola Topografica di Roma)
18th century18th century
840 x 600 mm (33.1 x 23.6 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 on a scroll, lower left
Bibliography:
Focillon 217; Petrucci (1953) 38; Wilton-Ely 352.
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
- maps - Documents depicting in graphic or photogrammetric form, normally to scale and usually on a flat medium, a selection of material or abstract features on or in relation to the surface of the earth or of a heavenly body, and generally emphasizing arterial or regional relationships. For similar representations on a horizontal plane but for depicting smaller-scale objects and spaces, use "plans (drawings)." ICA [November 1992 descriptor moved. April 1991 scope note changed.]
- Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)
Dimensions
- plate Dimensions: 840 x 600 mm (33.1 x 23.6 in.)
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Credit Caption
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Topographical Map of Rome, Showing Hydraulic and Defensive Systems (Tavola Topografica di Roma), 18th century. From Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane). Etching. plate : 840 x 600 mm (33.1 x 23.6 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).