Part of the Forum of Nerva | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2021.348
People: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title: Part of the Forum of Nerva
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1748
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/370309

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 13.6 × 26.7 cm (5 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.)
sheet: 34.5 × 46 cm (13 9/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower right, in plate: PARTE DI FORO / DI NERVA / PIRANESI T
inscription: lower right, sheet, graphite: Pl. 5 (Pl. 6 - in later edition)
inscription: lower left, graphite: Parte di Foro di Nerva F. 45
inscription: upper right, in plate: tav. 5 (with brown ink addition?)

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: Wilton-Ely 108

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year: 2021
Object Number: 2021.348
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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