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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.312.57
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
View of Flavian's Amphitheater, called the Colosseum
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Original Language Title: Veduta dell'Amfiteatro Flavio, detto il Colosseo
Former Title: The Colosseum
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/234351

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 41.1 × 69.2 cm (16 3/16 × 27 1/4 in.)
plate: 43.8 × 69.8 cm (17 1/4 × 27 1/2 in.)
sheet: 53.8 × 77.8 cm (21 3/16 × 30 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: etched in plate, lower left: Piranesi F.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
H. 57, F. 758, Sal. D58 ii/v

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Permanent transfer from the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University, Gift of Thomas Palmer, Esq., of Boston, 1772
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.312.57
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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