M2869.3.40: View of the pyramid of Gaius Cestius
PrintsIdentification and Creation
- Object Number
- M2869.3.40
- People
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
- Title
- View of the pyramid of Gaius Cestius
- Other Titles
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Original Language Title: Veduta della Piramide di Caio Cestio, situata sopra l'antica Via Ostiense, oggi detta di S. Paolo
Series/Book Title: Le Antichità Romane III (The Antiquities of Rome, volume 3) - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 18th century
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/70284
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
- plate: 40 x 59.5 cm (15 3/4 x 23 7/16 in.)
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Edition
- 2nd, Italian
- Standard Reference Number
- Ficacci 312
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Osborn Taylor in memory of her father William Bradley Isham
- Accession Year
- 1925
- Object Number
- M2869.3.40
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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