The temple of Clitumnus, near Spoleto, Umbria. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1748.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Date:
[1748]
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2982357i
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Description

In the foreground is an arch over the river Clitunno

Publication/Creation

[Roma (dirimpetto l'Academia di Franzia)] : [si vende dall'autore], [1748]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 13.7 x 26.8 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Tempio di Clitunno tra Fuligno e Spoletti alle vene. Piranisi [sic] Bears number: T. 26 The lettering is etched on a stone wall in the right foreground, in an erratic manner (Cliturno corrected to Clitunno, word deleted before Fuligno, Spoleto as Spoletti, meaning of "alle vene" not clear, Piranesi spelled as Piranisi)

References note

A.M. Hind, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: a critical study, with a list of his published works and detailed catalogues of the prisons and the views of Rome, New York 1922, pp. 75-76, no. 26

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2982357i

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  • Copy 0

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    Closed stores
    2982357i.2

  • Copy 1

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    Closed stores
    2982357i.1 and 2992721i

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