Tempio antico
published 1748/1749
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, engraving, drypoint
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 40.6 x 25.8 cm (16 x 10 3/16 in.)
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Accession
1974.66.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Robison 1986, no. 19, State i/iv
Artwork history & notes
Bibliography
1918
Focillon 17.
1986
Robison, Andrew. Piranesi Early Architectural Fantasies: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Etchings. Washington: National Gallery of Art; Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1986.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: Gio Batta Piranesi Arch.o inv, ed incise in Roma l'Anno 1743
Wikidata ID
Q65568898