Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Stator [Jupiter the Supporter] 1. Temple of Antoninus and Faustina 2. Temple of Peace (Vestigi del Tempio di Giove Statore. 1. Tempoi d'Antonino e Faustina 2. Tempio della Pace)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1748

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Title: Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Stator [Jupiter the Supporter] 1. Temple of Antoninus and Faustina 2. Temple of Peace (Vestigi del Tempio di Giove Statore. 1. Tempoi d'Antonino e Faustina 2. Tempio della Pace)
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date Created: 1748
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “Piranesi fecit.”; inscribed in plate, upper right: numeral “10”
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, ruins, temples
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: 135 mm x 270 mm (5.31 in. x 10.63 in.).
Bibliography: Focillon 51; Hind (1922), p. 75; Wilton-Ely 113 and p. 155 with remark: “The temple listed as that of Jupiter Stator is the Temple of Castor and Pollux; the structure called by Piranesi the Temple of Peace is the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine.”
Associated People: Created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.32

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