Appartenenze d'antiche terme con scale che conducono alla palestar, e al teatro

1750

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778

This is a drawing of an architectural scene. The artwork features a grand and complex architectural setting filled with towering arches and classical columns. The architecture includes elements such as stone doorways, facade details, and vaulted ceilings. In the foreground, there are various classical buildings arranged in layers. The scene conveys a sense of majesty and combines elements of reality and imagination in its design.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16 x 21.5 cm (6 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 23.4 x 37.2 cm (9 3/16 x 14 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.128.33

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Focillon 1918, no. 126

  • Series Title

    Opere Varie di Architettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Amherst, MA; gift to NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1918

  • Focillon, Henri. Giovanni-Battista Piranesi; essai de catalogue raisonne de son oeuvre. Paris: Librairie Renouard, Henri Laurens, 1918.

1994

  • Wilton-Ely, John. Giovanni Battista Piranesi: the Complete Etchings. San Francisco, 1994.

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: Appartenze d'antiche terme con scale che conducono alla palestra, e al teatro

Wikidata ID

Q75430005

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