View of the Capitoline Hill with the Steps to the Church of S. Maria in Aracoeli (Veduta del Romano Campidoglio con Scalinata che va’ alla Chiesa d’Araceli)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1756

Details

Title: View of the Capitoline Hill with the Steps to the Church of S. Maria in Aracoeli (Veduta del Romano Campidoglio con Scalinata che va’ alla Chiesa d’Araceli)
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date Created: 1756
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: Third 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, churches, Italy, religions, religious buildings, Rome
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: First Paris edition of 1800–1807, issued by Francesco and Pietro Piranesi; loose sheet, not bound in volume
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 406 mm x 551 mm (15.98 in. x 21.69 in.).
Bibliography: 1792 cat. 75; Focillon 807; Hind 38; Wilton-Ely 147
Associated People: Created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
Accession Number: 1973.D1.85

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