View of the Remains of the Praetorian Fort [the Poecile], Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2021.347
People: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title: View of the Remains of the Praetorian Fort [the Poecile], Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Veduta degli avanzi del Castro Pretorio nella Villa Adriana a Tivoli
Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1770
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/370307

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 37.5 × 66.1 cm (14 3/4 × 26 in.)
sheet: 55.7 × 79.1 cm (21 15/16 × 31 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower left, in plate: Cavalier Piranesi delin. ed inc.
inscription: lower right, in plate: Veduta degli avanzi del Castro Pretorio / nella Villa Adriana a Tivoli

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Christopher Mendez, London], sold; to Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 1998, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Hind 94, Wilton-Ely 227, Ficacci 824

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year: 2021
Object Number: 2021.347
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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