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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2869.2.2
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
Frontispiece: Ancient intersection of the Via Appia and Via Ardeatina
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Antiquus bivii viarum appiae a ardeatinae...
Series/Book Title: Le Antichità Romane II (The Antiquities of Rome, volume 2)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/70419

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 40 x 64 cm (15 3/4 x 25 3/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
2nd, Italian
Standard Reference Number
Focillon 225; Ficacci 216; Wilton-Ely I 360

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
M2869.2.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/09/2015

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

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Verification Level

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