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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R8383
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
The Temple of Vespasian
Other Titles
Original Language Title: So-called Tempio di Giove Tonante
Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1756
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/249683

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 39 x 59 cm (15 3/8 x 23 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
H. 44 ii/vi, F. 819, Sal. D30 iii/ix

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R8383
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sarah Vure, The John Witt Randall Collection: Seeking the True and the Beautiful, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), checklist no. 25

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