Amphitheater of Pola in Istria near the Sea (Anfiteatro do Pola in Istria vicino al mare)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1748

Details

Title: Amphitheater of Pola in Istria near the Sea (Anfiteatro do Pola in Istria vicino al mare)
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date Created: 1748
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “Piranesi fecit”; inscribed in plate, lower left: “Tav. 23”
Set or Series Title: Some Views of Triumphal Arches and Other Monuments Erected by the Romans… (Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali…)
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Materials & Techniques: Etching on laid paper
Keywords: architecture, Italy, Rome
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: First Paris edition, 1800–1807; loose sheet, not bound in volume
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 130 mm x 265 mm (5.12 in. x 10.43 in.).
Bibliography: Focillon 65; Hind (1922) p. 75; Wilton-Ely 127
Associated People: Created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.42

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