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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.312.78
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
View of the Interior of the Flavian Amphitheater, called the Colosseum
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Original Language Title: Veduta dell'interno dell' Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo
Former Title: The Colosseum: Interior
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1766
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/234353

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 45.1 × 69 cm (17 3/4 × 27 3/16 in.)
plate: 45.8 × 69.8 cm (18 1/16 × 27 1/2 in.)
sheet: 53.9 × 78.8 cm (21 1/4 × 31 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: H. 78
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: Veduta dell' interno dell' Anfiteatro Flavio . detto il Colosseo
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: Cav.r Piranesi fece

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Thomas Palmer, Esq., Boston, gift; to Harvard University, 1772, transferred; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii(?)/iv
Standard Reference Number
Hind 78; Wilton-Ely 211

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
2008.312.78
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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