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RISDM 64-015.tif

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Rovine del Sisto, o sia Della Gran Sala delle Terme Antoniniane (Ruins of the Xystus, the central hall of the Antonine Baths)

Description

Maker

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker

Title

Rovine del Sisto, o sia Della Gran Sala delle Terme Antoniniane (Ruins of the Xystus, the central hall of the Antonine Baths)
, from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

Year

1765

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Dimensions

43.2 x 66.4 cm (17 x 26 1/8 inches) (plate) sight

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LR: "Rovine del Sisto, o sia Della Gran Sala della Terme Antoniniane Cavalier Piranesi f."

Identification

State

i/iv

Standard Reference Number

Hind 1922, no. 77; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 210

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar A. Leach

Object Number

64.015

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference
Dec 15, 1965 – Jan 09, 1966

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Tombstone

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker
Rovine del Sisto, o sia Della Gran Sala delle Terme Antoniniane (Ruins of the Xystus, the central hall of the Antonine Baths); , from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), 1765
Etching
43.2 x 66.4 cm (17 x 26 1/8 inches) (plate) sight
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar A. Leach 64.015

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