Senatorial Bridge, Today Called the Ponte Rotto [Broken Bridge]. 1. Temple of Vesta. 2. Temple of Fortuna Virilis 3. Part of the Ancient Palatine (Ponte Senatorio oggi detto Ponte rotto. 1. Tempio di Vesta 2. Tempio della Fortuna Virile 3. Parte dell'antico Palatino)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1748

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States

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Title: Senatorial Bridge, Today Called the Ponte Rotto [Broken Bridge]. 1. Temple of Vesta. 2. Temple of Fortuna Virilis 3. Part of the Ancient Palatine (Ponte Senatorio oggi detto Ponte rotto. 1. Tempio di Vesta 2. Tempio della Fortuna Virile 3. Parte dell'antico Palatino)
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date Created: 1748
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “Israel Silvestre del.”; signed in plate, lower right: “Piranesi S.”; inscribed in plate, lower left: “Tav. 14”
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, bridges (built works), Italy, Rome, 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: 126 mm x 258 mm (4.96 in. x 10.16 in.).
Bibliography: Focillon 55; Hind (1922) p. 75; Wilton-Ely 117 and p. 159 with remark: “The Temple of Vesta is now thought to be a Temple of Hercules, while that of Virile Fortune is now considered to be the Temple of Portunus.”
Associated People: Created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.35

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