An Ancient Forum with Porticos

1742/1743

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 13.5 x 21.5 cm (5 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.69.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's, London, 18 April 1994, no. 98, as Roman School); (Hugh Pagan Ltd., London); purchased 1998 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 20049877

Wikidata ID

Q64572354

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