2008.312.43: Upper Floor of the Cages for Wild Animals built by Domitian, associated with the Flavian Amphitheatre and (commonly called the Curia Hostillia)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2008.312.43

People

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)

Title

Upper Floor of the Cages for Wild Animals built by Domitian, associated with the Flavian Amphitheatre and (commonly called the Curia Hostillia)

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Former Title: Substructure of the Temple of Claudius at the Church of Saints John and Paul (formerly called the Curia Hostilia)
Original Language Title: Veduta del Piano Superiore del Serraglio delle Fiere Fabbricato da Domiziano a uso dell' Anfiteatro Flavio, e Volgarmente detto la curia Ostilia

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

18th century

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/237563

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

image: 38.4 × 60.6 cm (15 1/8 × 23 7/8 in.)
plate: 40.5 × 60.9 cm (15 15/16 × 24 in.)
sheet: 53.9 × 79.7 cm (21 1/4 × 31 3/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

H. 43 iii/vi, F. 804, Sal. D30 v/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

2008.312.43

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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