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View of the Fountain and the Grotto of Egiria outside the Porta Capena or of S. Sebastiano [St. Sebastian]… (Veduta delia fonte e delle Spelonche d’Egeria fuor della porta Capena or di S. Seb…)

1766
18th century
408 x 688 mm (16.1 x 27.1 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper
State: Third of five 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 left margin: “Cavalier Piranesi F.”
Bibliography: 1792 cat. no. 63; Focillon 782; Hind 80; Wilton-Ely 213.
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Accession Number: 1973.D1.127

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This object has the following keywords:
  • 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.]
  • fountains - Use for structures with apertures designed to allow water to spout or flow periodically or continuously, as for amenity or public access. [March 1995 scope note added; related term added.]
  • Italy - TGN 1000080
  • Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 408 x 688 mm (16.1 x 27.1 in.)

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