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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.346
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
Hadrian's Villa - The Piazza d'Oro
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1776
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370302

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 47.5 × 62.4 cm (18 11/16 × 24 9/16 in.)
sheet: 51.9 × 77.3 cm (20 7/16 × 30 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: VEDUTA degli Avanzi della Circon / ferenza delle antiche Fabbriche di una / delle Piazze della Villa Adriana / oggidi chiamata Piazza d'oro
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: Cav. Piranesi F.
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: I
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: I of 4 / H. 132
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: exc. 30360 [struck through]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Focillon 846; Hind 72.132 before i; Wilton-Ely 265

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.346
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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