Identification and Creation Object Number 2005.292 People

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Identification and Creation
Object Number
2005.292
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano, nr. Mestre,
Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
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Title
Tomb outside Porta Santa Sebastiano, from The
Antiquities of Rome
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: "Le Antichita Romane..." (The
Antiquities of Rome)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1756
Culture
Italian
Physical Descriptions
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 39.5 x 51.6 cm (15 9/16 x 20 5/16 in.)
sheet: 55.4 x 79.8 cm (21 13/16 x 31 7/16 in.)
State, Edition, Standard
Standard Reference Number
Reference Number
Ficacci 286; Focillon 294
Acquisition and Rights
Credit Line
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Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs.
Richard M. Bennett
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.292
Division
European and American Art
Contact
[email protected]
Descriptions
Description
The Fogg has almost a complete set of Piranesi's
etchings, however, almost all are bound into volumes.
Commentary
This etching of architectural components from a tomb
outside Porta Santa Sebastiano is from volume III of
Piranesi's "Le Antichita Romane opera di Giambattista
Piranesi architetto veneziano divisa in quarto tomi...
(The Antiquities of Rome by Giambattista Piranesi,
Venetian architect, divided in four volumes...),"
published in Rome in 1756. Volume III features ancient
Roman tombs.
This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff
but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently
revised and enhanced. For more information please
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contact the Division of European and American Art at
[email protected]
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