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Identification and Creation

Object Number
47.2001
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
Marble Trireme Supported by an Ornamental Pedestal, Side View
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi
Original Language Title: Profilo di una Nave antica di marmo a trè ordini di remi
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1778
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/173559

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 65.2 x 41.4 cm (25 11/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Cavalier Piranesi delin. ed inc.
  • legend: above and below the design, printer's ink, engraved, Italian, signed: Al; Signore Egidio Earle Cavaliere Inglese / amatore delle belle arti / In segno d'Ossequio il Cavalilere Gio. Batta Piranesi D.D.D. / Profilo di una Nave antica di marmo a trè ordini di remmi. I Numi Tutelari che si veggono / scolpiti nei due lati verso la Poppa sono Nettuno, ed Apollo. Il suo piedestallo parimen = / ti antico è di marmo, e ab bellito di frondi, festoni, Cavalli, marini, ed altri ornamenti. / Cavalier Piranesi delin. ed inc. Questi Monumenti si vedonna nel Museo dell' Autore
  • watermark: fleur-de-lys in a double circle, a B above

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
F. 713, C. 611, W.-E. 1000

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan
Object Number
47.2001
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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