Details
| Artist | Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778 |
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| Date | 1774 |
| Medium | etching printed in black ink on heavy cream laid paper |
| Dimensions | Plate: 17 7/8 × 25 1/8 inches (45.4 × 63.8 cm) Sheet: 18 5/8 × 25 3/4 inches (47.3 × 65.4 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps |
| Accession Number | 09.1S867 |
| Department | Prints, Drawings & Photographs |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Signed | Signed in plate, lower left: Cavalier Piranesi F. |
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| Marks | Watermark: shield in left center of sheet |
| Inscriptions | Inscribed in plate, lower center of image: Rovine di uno degti alloggiamen- | ti de' Soldati presso ad una delle | eminenti fabbriche de Adriano | nella sua Villa in Tivoli. In pencil, lower right corner of sheet: 14 Upper left corner, verso: [partial numeric inscription] |
Provenance
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Piranesi's Views of Rome. Exh. cat., University of Michigan-Dearborn. Dearborn, 1986, no. 19, p. 59 (ill.).
