2008.312.16: View of the Piazza Navona above the Ruins of the Circo Agonale

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2008.312.16

People

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

Title

View of the Piazza Navona above the Ruins of the Circo Agonale

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Original Language Title: Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo Agonale

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

18th century

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/237591

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

image: 38.7 × 54.6 cm (15 1/4 × 21 1/2 in.)
plate: 41 × 54.9 cm (16 1/8 × 21 5/8 in.)
sheet: 54 × 79.7 cm (21 1/4 × 31 3/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

H. 16 iv/vi, F. 806, Sal. D13 vi/ix

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

2008.312.16

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Elizabeth M. Rudy, and Natalia Vieyra, "Armchair Travel—Imagining Faraway Places", Index Magazine, Harvard Art Museums ([e-journal], June 17, 2020), https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/article/armchair-travel-imagining-faraway-places, accessed June 29, 2020

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• 2008.312.1-101

  Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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  Prints

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