Harvard Art Museums > 47.2001: Marble Trireme Supported by an Ornamental Pedestal, Side View Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Marble Trireme Supported by an Ornamental Pedestal, Side View (Giovanni Battista Piranesi) , 47.2001,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/173559. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 47.2001 People Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy) Title Marble Trireme Supported by an Ornamental Pedestal, Side View Other Titles Series/Book Title: Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi Original Language Title: Profilo di una Nave antica di marmo a trè ordini di remi Classification Prints Work Type print Date c. 1778 Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/173559 Physical Descriptions Technique Etching Dimensions plate: 65.2 x 41.4 cm (25 11/16 x 16 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Cavalier Piranesi delin. ed inc. legend: above and below the design, printer's ink, engraved, Italian, signed: Al; Signore Egidio Earle Cavaliere Inglese / amatore delle belle arti / In segno d'Ossequio il Cavalilere Gio. Batta Piranesi D.D.D. / Profilo di una Nave antica di marmo a trè ordini di remmi. I Numi Tutelari che si veggono / scolpiti nei due lati verso la Poppa sono Nettuno, ed Apollo. Il suo piedestallo parimen = / ti antico è di marmo, e ab bellito di frondi, festoni, Cavalli, marini, ed altri ornamenti. / Cavalier Piranesi delin. ed inc. Questi Monumenti si vedonna nel Museo dell' Autore watermark: fleur-de-lys in a double circle, a B above State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number F. 713, C. 611, W.-E. 1000 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan Object Number 47.2001 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
