Foundations of the Mausoleum of Hadrian

1756

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 69.9 x 43.5 cm (27 1/2 x 17 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 80.3 x 56.5 cm (31 5/8 x 22 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.8.4.a

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Focillon 1918, no. 339

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Associated Artworks

Foundations of the Mausoleum of Hadrian

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1756

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mark J. Millard, New York; gift to NGA, 1984.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994-1995, no. 278.

Bibliography

1918

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

Wikidata ID

Q74046010

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