2021.346: Hadrian's Villa - The Piazza d'Oro

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2021.346

People

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)

Title

Hadrian's Villa - The Piazza d'Oro

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Vedute di Roma

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1776

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/370302

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 47.5 × 62.4 cm (18 11/16 × 24 9/16 in.)
sheet: 51.9 × 77.3 cm (20 7/16 × 30 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower center, in plate: VEDUTA degli Avanzi della Circon / ferenza delle antiche Fabbriche di una / delle Piazze della Villa Adriana / oggidi chiamata Piazza d'oro
• inscription: lower right, in plate: Cav. Piranesi F.
• inscription: lower right, graphite: I
• inscription: lower right, graphite: I of 4 / H. 132
• inscription: lower right, graphite: exc. 30360 [struck through]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Focillon 846; Hind 72.132 before i; Wilton-Ely 265

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection

Accession Year

2021

Object Number

2021.346

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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