View of the Arch of Constantine and the Flavian Amphitheater, Called the Colosseum (Veduta dell’ Arco di Costantino, e dell’Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1760

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Title: View of the Arch of Constantine and the Flavian Amphitheater, Called the Colosseum (Veduta dell’ Arco di Costantino, e dell’Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo)
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date Created: 1760
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “Piranesi del. sculp.”
Set or Series Title: Views of Rome Drawn and Etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect (Vedute di Roma disegnate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Ve[nez]iano)
Print State: Fourth of six states
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: 411 mm x 550 mm (16.18 in. x 21.65 in.).
Bibliography: 1792 cat. 100; Focillon 805; Hind 56; Wilton-Ely 152
Associated People: Created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
Accession Number: 1973.D1.103

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