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View of the Subterranean Foundations of the Mausoleum Built by the Emperor Hadrian… [Hadrian’s Tomb] (Veduta del sotterraneo Fondamento del Mausoleo, che fu eretto da Elio Adriano Imp…)

ca. 1756
18th century
691 x 453 mm (27.2 x 17.8 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper

Print impression quality: Good

Series: from Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane)

Edition: Probably first Paris edition, 1800–1807; loose sheet, not bound in volume

Marks: Signed in plate, lower right: “Piranesi Archit. dif. et inc.”

Marks: Watermark: No watermark

Bibliography: Focillon 341; Hind (1922), p. 84, per Hind reworked by Francesco Piranesi in 1784; Wilton-Ely 474.

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

Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.46

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architecture*, death, graves*, Italy*, mausoleums, 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.]
death
graves - Excavations in the earth used for burial; for constructions raised over or around burial sites, use "tombs." [April 1993 related term added.]
Italy - TGN 1000080
mausoleums
Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)

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plate Dimensions: 691 x 453 mm (27.2 x 17.8 in.)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . View of the Subterranean Foundations of the Mausoleum Built by the Emperor Hadrian… [Hadrian’s Tomb] (Veduta del sotterraneo Fondamento del Mausoleo, che fu eretto da Elio Adriano Imp…), ca. 1756. From Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane). Etching on laid paper. plate : 691 x 453 mm (27.2 x 17.8 in.). Sheet : 728 x 513 mm (28.7 x 20.2 in.). DAC accession number 1973.D1.38.46. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953.

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