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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.312.3
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
View of Saint Peter's Basilica and Piazza in the Vatican
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Original Language Title: Veduta della Basilica, e Piazza di S. Pietro in Vaticano
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/237509

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 37.7 × 53.8 cm (14 13/16 × 21 3/16 in.)
plate: 40.1 × 54 cm (15 13/16 × 21 1/4 in.)
sheet: 54.1 × 78.4 cm (21 5/16 × 30 7/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv
Standard Reference Number
H. 3 iv/vii, F. 787, Sal. D. 3 iv/viii

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
2008.312.3
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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