The arch of Constantine, Rome: three-quarter view of the east and north sides, upper part. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1748.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Date:
[1748]
Reference:
2982346i
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Description

The upper part of the arch of Constantine, reversed in the impression, seen through another arch (of the Colosseum?). A couple of houses with steeply pitched roofs are shown as built against the Colosseum side of the arch

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 13 x 26.2 cm

Lettering

Arco di Costantino in Roma. Piranesi f. Bears number: Tav. 9

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. 9

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2982346i

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