The Colosseum, Rome: exterior. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1748.
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
- Date:
- [1748]
- Reference:
- 2982312i
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About this work
Description
Left background, the arch of Constantine and the Palatine
Publication/Creation
[Roma (dirimpetto l'Academia di Franzia)] : [si vende dall'autore], [1748]
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 13.6 x 27.3 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo in Roma. 1. Arco di Costantino. 2. Monte Palatino. Piranesi fecit.
Bears number: Tav. 12
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. 12
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2982312i
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Location Status Access Closed stores