47.2001: Marble Trireme Supported by an Ornamental Pedestal, Side View
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 47.2001
- People
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
- Title
- Marble Trireme Supported by an Ornamental Pedestal, Side View
- Other Titles
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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
- 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
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- 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
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