IMAGE
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :Veduta d'uno de'circhi antichi con altri monumenti al dintorno. Piranesi F[ecit]. [1750]
- Date
- 1750
- By
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
- Reference
- C-091-070
- Description
An imaginative reconstruction of the appearance of one of the oval racetracks of ancient Roman times with carved obselisks and colums along its central spine, a sourrounding walkway, other elaborately carved objects in the foreground, buildings on a nearby hill to the right, and a pyramid in the distance.
Other Titles - View of one of the ancient circuses (race-tracks) with other monuments surrounding it [translation]
Extended Title - From Opere varie di architettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichita, 1750
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Etching, 132 x 197 mm (platemark) on sheet 292 x 384 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :[Etchings from La prima parte di architteture e prospettive (1743), I grotteschi (ca 1747), Le vedute di Roma (1745-1778), I carceri (1760-1761)] / Giovanni Battista Piranesi inven. et incis. [Rome : G B Piranesi, mid-1760s to early 1770s]
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Etchings, Etching, 132 x 197 mm (platemark) on sheet 292 x 384 mm
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