Ancient Roman Forum Surrounded by Porticoes, with Loggias, Some of Which Communicate with the Imperial Palace and Other with the Prisons… (Foro antico Romano circondato da portici, con logge…)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1743

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Title: Ancient Roman Forum Surrounded by Porticoes, with Loggias, Some of Which Communicate with the Imperial Palace and Other with the Prisons… (Foro antico Romano circondato da portici, con logge…)
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date Created: 1743
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “Gio Batta. Piranesi Archto inv.r ed incise in Roma”; inscribed, lower right: numeral “14”
Set or Series Title: Part One of Architecture and Perspectives… (Prima Parte di Architettura e Prospettive inventate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architteto Veneziano fra gli Arcadi Salcindio Tiseio)
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 with title printed from separate plate on laid paper
Keywords: architecture, Italy, palaces, 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: 265 mm x 360 mm (10.43 in. x 14.17 in.).
Bibliography: Focillon 13; Hind (1922) pp. 75, 78; Wilton-Ely 14
Associated People: Created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.22

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