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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.312.40
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
View of the Campo Vaccino
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Former Title: The Roman Forum, or Campo Vaccino, from the Capitol, with the Arch of Septimus Severus in the Foreground
Original Language Title: Veduta di Campo Vaccino
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
probably 1747/1748
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/237593

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 38.4 × 54.2 cm (15 1/8 × 21 5/16 in.)
plate: 41 × 54.7 cm (16 1/8 × 21 9/16 in.)
sheet: 54.2 × 78.7 cm (21 5/16 × 31 in.)

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/vii
Standard Reference Number
Hind 40; Focillon 803; Salamon D19; Wilton-Ely 148

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
2008.312.40
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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