Identification and Creation Object Number 2008.312.65 People

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Identification and Creation
Object Number
2008.312.65
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano, nr. Mestre,
Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
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The So-called Villa of Maecenas, Tivoli
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Avanzi della Villa Mecenate a
Tivoli, costruita di travertini a opera incerta
Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1763
Culture
Italian
Physical Descriptions
Medium
Etching on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 46 x 68 cm (18 1/8 x 26 3/4 in.)
sheet: 55.2 x 79.3 cm (21 3/4 x 31 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
inscription: etched in plate, lower left: Piranesi fc.
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State, Edition, Standard
State
Reference Number
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
H. 65
Acquisition and Rights
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Permanent
transfer from the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University,
Gift of Thomas Palmer, Esq., of Boston, 1772
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.312.65
Division
European and American Art
Contact
[email protected]
Related Works
2008.312.1-101
Giovanni Battista
Piranesi
Vedute di Roma (101
etchings)
Prints
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