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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.312.21
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Paola on Monte Aureo
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Original Language Title: Veduta del Castello dell'Acqua Paola sul Monte Aureo
Former Title: View of the Castello dell' Acqua Paola sul Monte Aurco
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1751
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/234389

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 39.6 × 61.1 cm (15 9/16 × 24 1/16 in.)
plate: 40.2 × 61.8 cm (15 13/16 × 24 5/16 in.)
sheet: 54 × 78.7 cm (21 1/4 × 31 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Thomas Palmer, Esq., Boston, gift; to Harvard University, 1772, transferred; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Hind 21 ii/v; Focillon 736; Salamon D46 iii/vii; Wilton-Ely 174

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Permanent transfer from the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University, Gift of Thomas Palmer, Esq., of Boston, 1772
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.312.21
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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