Ruins of the aqueduct of Nero, Rome. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1775.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Date:
[1775?]
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2009438i
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Description

"Aqueduct of Nero leading to the Palatine; a branch of the Aqua Claudia"--Hind, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

[Ind. Roma [Rome]] : [publisher not identified], [1775?]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 48.5 x 71 cm

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Lettering

Avanzi degl'aquedotti Neroniani …Papa Clemente XIV sono restati in piedi. Cavalier Piranesi f. The history of the aqueduct is engraved on a stone in the foreground

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. 118 (gives date as 1775)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2009438i

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