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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2869.8.23
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
The Tomb of Nero
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Grotteschi (Grotesques)
Original Language Title: [Capriccio grottesco]
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/70161

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 38.8 x 54.7 cm (15 1/4 x 21 9/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
2nd Italian
Standard Reference Number
Ficacci 107

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
M2869.8.23
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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