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Image: Senatorial Bridge, Today Called the Ponte Rotto [Broken Bridge]. 1. Temple of Vesta. 2. Temple of Fortuna Virilis 3. Part of the Ancient Palatine (Ponte Senatorio oggi detto Ponte rotto. 1. Tempio di Vesta 2. Tempio della Fortuna… [see full title])

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Senatorial Bridge, Today Called the Ponte Rotto [Broken Bridge]. 1. Temple of Vesta. 2. Temple of Fortuna Virilis 3. Part of the Ancient Palatine (Ponte Senatorio oggi detto Ponte rotto. 1. Tempio di Vesta 2. Tempio della Fortuna… [see full title])

1748
18th century
126 x 258 mm (5 x 10.2 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper
Series: from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and Other Monuments Erected by the Romans… (Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali…)
Edition: First Paris edition, 1800–1807; loose sheet, not bound in volume
Marks: Signed in plate, lower left: “Israel Silvestre del.”; signed in plate, lower right: “Piranesi S.”; inscribed in plate, lower left: “Tav. 14”
Bibliography: Focillon 55; Hind (1922), p. 75; Wilton-Ely 117 and p. 159 with remark: “The Temple of Vesta is now thought to be a Temple of Hercules, while that of Virile Fortune is now considered to be the Temple of Portunus.”
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.35

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architecture*, bridges (built works)*, Italy*, Rome*, temples*
  • 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.]
  • bridges (built works) - Structures spanning and providing passage over waterways, topographic depressions, transportation routes, or similar circulation barriers. [September 1994 scope note added; related term added. March 1993 descriptor changed, was 'bridges'; alternate term changed, was 'bridge'.]
  • 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.]

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  • plate Dimensions: 126 x 258 mm (5 x 10.2 in.)

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