The ancient embankment of the Tiber, Rome. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1776.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
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[1776]
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2008587i
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Description

Structures built by Tarquinius Superbus with a view of the outlet for the Cloaca Maxima and labelled A-E. Fishermen in the foreground

Publication/Creation

[Roma [Rome]] : [Presso l'autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tomati vicino alla Trinità de' Monti], [1776]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 45.7 x 68 cm

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Lettering

Veduta delle antiche sostruzioni fatte da Tarquinio Superbo dette il Bel Lido, e come altri erette da Marco Agrippa a' tempi di Augusto, in occasione, ch' egli fece ripurgare tutte le cloache fino al Tevere ... E. Priorato della sagra religione di Malta. Cavalier Piranesi F.

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, no. 125 (gives date as 1776)

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Wellcome Collection 2008587i

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