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Object Type
print
Museum number
1886,1124.104
Title
Object:
Veduta dell' Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo
(View of the Flavian Amphitheatre, called the Colosseum)
Series:
Vedute di Roma
Description
Bird's eye view of the Flavian Amphitheatre, called the Colosseum. Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
School/style
Italian
Production date
1760-1778
Production place
Published in:
Rome (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
495 millimetres
Width:
697 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Wilton-Ely 1994 / Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the complete etchings
(259)
Hind 1922 / Giovanni Battista Piranesi, a critical study
(126.I)
Focillon 1918 / Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Essai de catalogue raisonné de son oeuvre
(759)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2018 23 Feb – 22 Apr, Nashville, Frist Art Museum, 'Rome; City &Empire' 2018-2019 20 Sep-04 Feb, Canberra, National Museum of Australia, 'Rome; City &Empire'
Subjects
roman amphitheatre/arena
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Colosseum
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Lady Fanny Geary
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir William Geary
(Acquired in Rome in 1786)
Acquisition date
1886
Acquisition notes
See comments for 1886,1124.1
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1886,1124.104
Conservation
Mount
: 23 Oct 2017