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View of the Upper Story of the Cages for Wild Animals Built by the Emperor Domitian, Associated with the Flavian Amphitheater and Commonly Called the Curia Hostilia (Veduta del piano superiore del Serraglio delle Fiere fabbricato… [see full title])

1757
18th century
408 x 613 mm (16.1 x 24.1 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper

State: Fourth of six states

Series: from Views of Rome Drawn and Etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect (Vedute di Roma disegnate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Ve[nez]iano)

Edition: First Paris edition, 1800–1807

Marks: Signed in plate, lower right: “Piranesi Archit. fec.”

Bibliography: 1792 cat. no. 102; Focillon 804; Hind 43; Wilton-Ely 160 and p. 203 with remark: “Plate initially entitled Veduta della Curia Ostilia. The Flavian Amphitheater is the Colisseum. The illustrated structure is actually the substructure of the Temple of Claudius near the Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo.”

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953

Accession Number: 1973.D1.90

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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: 408 x 613 mm (16.1 x 24.1 in.)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . View of the Upper Story of the Cages for Wild Animals Built by the Emperor Domitian, Associated with the Flavian Amphitheater and Commonly Called the Curia Hostilia (Veduta del piano superiore del Serraglio delle Fiere fabbricato da Domiziano a uso dell’Anfiteatro Flavio e volgarmente detto la Curia Ostilia), 1757. From Views of Rome Drawn and Etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect (Vedute di Roma disegnate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Ve[nez]iano). Etching on laid paper. Fourth of six states. plate : 408 x 613 mm (16.1 x 24.1 in.). DAC accession number 1973.D1.90. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953.

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