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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.312.80
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
The So-called Grotto of Egeria
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Original Language Title: Veduta della fonte e delle Spelonche d'Egeria fuor della porta Capena...
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/237213

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 40 × 68.2 cm (15 3/4 × 26 7/8 in.)
plate: 40.4 × 68.7 cm (15 7/8 × 27 1/16 in.)
sheet: 53.8 × 78.6 cm (21 3/16 × 30 15/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
H. 80 i(?)/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
2008.312.80
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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