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Image: Amphitheater of Pola in Istria near the Sea (Anfiteatro do Pola in Istria vicino al mare)

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Amphitheater of Pola in Istria near the Sea (Anfiteatro do Pola in Istria vicino al mare)

1748
18th century
130 x 265 mm (5.1 x 10.4 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: “Piranesi fecit”; inscribed in plate, lower left: “Tav. 23”
Bibliography: Focillon 65; Hind (1922), p. 75; Wilton-Ely 127.
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.42

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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: 130 x 265 mm (5.1 x 10.4 in.)

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