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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3049
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
View of the Flavian Amphitheater Called the Colosseum
Other Titles
Former Title: The Colosseum
Original Language Title: Veduta dell'Anfiteatro Flavio, detto il Colosseo
Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1757
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279742

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/v
Standard Reference Number
Hind 57; F. 758; Salamon D58; Wilton-Ely 191

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3049
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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