IMAGE
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :Vestibolo d'antico tempio, oltre il quale s'entra nella cella, per cui si gira all'intorno con tre navate principale. Si scuopre pure in lontano la gran capella ove sta situata l'ara principale pe' sagrifizi. Gio. Batt.a Piranesi Archit. Veneto inv. ed incise in Roma. [1743]
- Date
- 1743
- By
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
- Reference
- C-091-050
- Description
An imaginative reconstruction of the interior of an ancient Roman temple with its altar in the centre distance
Focillon 12
Other Titles - Vestibule of an ancient temple, by which one entered the cella, through which one continued to the interior with three main naves. In the distance can be seen the large chapel where the principal altar for sacrifices is situated. [translation]
Extended Title - From La prima parte di architetture e prospettive. 1743
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Etching, 260 x 349 mm on sheet 383 x 535 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, 260 x 349 mm on sheet 383 x 535 mm
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