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Arch of Septimius Severus from "Vedute di Roma"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi1759
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Horizontal Rectangle. Arch of Septimus Severus in center at mid-distance. Right: the church, SS Martina e Lucca; left foreground, column of PHOCAS; lower right, "Piranesi Architetto fec."; title, in center; text along left margin: "Erario antic ... al campidoglio". Lower right: "Presso l'autore a Strada Felice...a paoli due e mezzo".
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- Title: Arch of Septimius Severus from "Vedute di Roma"
- Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
- Date Created: 1759
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Etching
- Credit line: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. George Pendleton
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