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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2869.14.6
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
View of the front of Trajan's column (4 of 6)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Veduta del prospetto principale della Colonna Trajana
Series/Book Title: Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/58840

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 55.4 x 47.6 cm (21 13/16 x 18 3/4 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Focillon 553; Ficacci 703; Wilton-Ely II 687

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Osborne Taylor in memory of her father, William Bradley Isham
Accession Year
1925
Object Number
M2869.14.6
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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