Concerning the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R8370
People: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title: Concerning the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Le Rovine del Castello dell'Acqua Giulia
Original Language Title: Del Castello dell'acqua Guilia
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 18th century
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/250191

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Etching
Dimensions: image: 23.7 × 35.8 cm (9 5/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
plate: 24.2 × 36.1 cm (9 1/2 × 14 3/16 in.)
sheet: 24.2 × 36.1 cm (9 1/2 × 14 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Wilton-Ely 542

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R8370
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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