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Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :Foro antico Romano circondato da portici, con logge, alcune delle quali si uniscono al palazzo imperiale ed altre alle carceri. ... Gio. Batt.a Piranesi Archit. Veneto inv. ed incise in Roma. [1743]
- Date
- 1743
- By
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
- Reference
- C-091-062
- Description
An imaginative reconstruction of the Imperial forum on the Palatine hill
Focillon 13
Other Titles - Ancient Roman forum surrounded by porches with loggias, some of which lead to the imperial palace and others to the prisons. This forum above all is adorned with magnificent stairways alongside which are equestrian statues and fountains [translation]
Extended Title - From La prima parte di architetture e prospettive. 1743
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Etching, 264 x 357 mm on sheet 384 x 547 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, 264 x 357 mm on sheet 384 x 547 mm
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