View of Piazza Navona Above the Ruins of the Circus of Domitian

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2012.69
People: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title: View of Piazza Navona Above the Ruins of the Circus of Domitian
Other Titles: Former Title: View of the Piazza Navona
Original Language Title: Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo Agonale
Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1751
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/340118

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 47.1 x 71 cm (18 9/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
sheet: 55.7 x 78.7 cm (21 15/16 x 31 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: engraved in plate, lower right: Cav. Piranesi
inscription: verso, left edge, graphite: [illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Paul E. and Gabriele B. Geier, Rome, Italy, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Ficacci 979, Wilton-Ely 241

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Paul E. and Gabriele B. Geier
Accession Year: 2012
Object Number: 2012.69
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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2012.69: View of Piazza Navona Above the Ruins of the Circus of Domitian