© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Identification and Creation
Object Number
2008.312.88
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
Interior View of the Basilica of San Giovanni Laterano
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Original Language Title: Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Giovanni Laterano
Former Title: S. Giovanni in Laterano. Interior.
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1768
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/237127
Physical Descriptions
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 42.7 × 67.3 cm (16 13/16 × 26 1/2 in.)
plate: 43.4 × 67.9 cm (17 1/16 × 26 3/4 in.)
sheet: 54.3 × 79.8 cm (21 3/8 × 31 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: H. 88
  • inscription: lweor left, in plate: Veduta interna della Basilica / di S. Giovanni Laterano
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: Cavalier Piranesi inc.
Provenance
Thomas Palmer, Esq., Boston, gift; to Harvard University, 1772, transferred; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
State
ii(?)/v
Standard Reference Number
Hind 88; Wilton-Ely 221
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
2008.312.88
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Rome: Eternal City, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2018 - 05/06/2018

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