View of the Arch of Constantine (Veduta dell’Arco di Costantino)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1771

Details

Title: View of the Arch of Constantine (Veduta dell’Arco di Costantino)
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date Created: 1771
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left margin: “Cavaliere Piranesi del. ed inc.”
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: First of three 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
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 470 mm x 705 mm (18.5 in. x 27.76 in.).
Bibliography: 1792 cat. 93; Focillon 757; Hind 97; Wilton-Ely 230
Associated People: Created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
Accession Number: 1973.D1.144

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