Rovine d' antichi Edifizj

published 1743/1744

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, engraving, drypoint, scratching

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 36.1 x 23.6 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1978.97.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robison 1986, no. 4, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

n.d.

  • Focillon and Hind, n.d.: not known to be a separate plate.

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

Wikidata ID

Q65568962

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