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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine (1757)
etching
39.5 × 54.8 cm (image) 41.8 × 55.4 cm (plate) 54.5 × 79.1 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1928
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The Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine
(1757)
from the Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome) series
Medium
etching
Measurements
39.5 × 54.8 cm (image) 41.8 × 55.4 cm (plate) 54.5 × 79.1 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1928
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Rome, Italy
Catalogue/s Raisonné
F813; H45 (iv)/vi; C770; Robinson 45 e/g; Wilton-Ely161
Edition
posthumous 19th century edition
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Piranesi Architetto fec.
printed in ink l.l.: VEDUTA DEGLI AVANZI DEL TABLINO DELLA CASA AUREA DI NERONE, DETTI VOLGARMENTE IL TEMPIO DELLA PACE
printed in ink l.l.: 1. Di qui fu trasportata da Paolo V. la gran Colonna che si vede innalzata nella Piazza di S. Maria Maggiore.
printed in ink l.c.: 2. Muri, e piloni che reggevano la parte opposta del Tablino.
printed in ink l.r.: 3. Nicchie per le Statue degli uomini illustri. Muri, e piloni che reggevano la parte opposta del Tablino.
printed in ink l.l.: Presso l’autore a Stada Felice vicino alla Trinità de’ Monti
Accession Number
3725-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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