2008.312.90: Remains of the Temple of the God Canopus at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.312.90
- People
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
- Title
- Remains of the Temple of the God Canopus at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Original Language Title: Avanzi Del Tempio del Dio Canopo nella Villa Adriana in Tivoli
Former Title: Hadrian's Villa: The Canopus - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1768
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/237628
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
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image: 44.5 × 57.2 cm (17 1/2 × 22 1/2 in.)
plate: 45.4 × 58.4 cm (17 7/8 × 23 in.)
sheet: 54.3 × 79.3 cm (21 3/8 × 31 1/4 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: lower left, graphite: H. 90
- inscription: lower left, in plate: Cavaliere Piranesi delin. e inc.
- inscription: lower center, in plate: Avanzi del Tempio del Dio Canopo nella Villa Adriana in Tivoli / A. Nicchie e fontane che erano rinvestite di tartari. B. Volta ch' era ricoperta di mosaici bianci, / e di altri colori. Le parieti C.erano rinvestite di lastre di marmo. Il didietro di questo tempio / è circondato di conserve d' acqua e di natazioni. Da tali contrasegni crederi ch' egli dovesse / appartenere al Dio Nettuno piu che ad altra Deità. D. Due gran macigni caduti dalla volta.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Thomas Palmer, Esq., Boston, gift; to Harvard University, 1772, transferred; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- i(?)/iv
- Standard Reference Number
- Hind 90; Wilton-Ely 223
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
- 2008.312.90
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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