Rome: ruins of ancient sepulchre and aqueduct. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1750.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
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1750
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22427i
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1750

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1 print : etching ; platemark 37 x 24.6 cm

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Ruine di sepolcro antico posto dinanzi ad altre ruine d'un acquedotto pure antico; sopra gli archi del medesimo ù è il canale, per cui si conduceva l'acqua in Roma. ; Gio. Batta. Piranesi architetto inventò, ed incise in Roma. Bears number: 6

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, p. 79, no. 6

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Wellcome Collection 22427i

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