Interior View of the Cavern of the Acqua Virgo (Scenographia operis includentis Specum Aquae Virginis)
Not on Display
Series:
The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome (Il Campo Marzio dell' Antica Roma), Plate 20
Artist/Maker:
Geography:
Europe; Italy
Culture:
Italian
Medium:
Etching on laid paper
Collection:
GW Collection
Accession Number:
CGA.68.26.528
Credit Line:
Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)
Date:
1762;
Keywords:
Architecture; Interior View; Ruin (built environment); Classicism; Ruin (built environment); 18th Century
Copyright:
Public domain
Object Type:
Print
Dimensions:
Platemark 23.97 H x 35.56 W cm (9 7/16 H x 14 W in)
Sheet/Page 40.64 H x 53.34 W cm (16 H x 21 W in)
Structure:
etching
Provenance:
Frank B. Bristow [1885-1968], Virginia, 1968; Bequest to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968-2018; Gift to the George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2018.
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Bibliography:
Arthur M. Hind (Author), Giovanni Battista Piranesi: A Critical Study, with a List of His Published Works and Detailed Catalogues of the Prisons and the Views of Rome, Da Capo Press, New York, 1967, ©1922
Henri Focillon (Author), Giovanni-Battista Piranesi: Essai de Catalogue Raisonné de Son Oeuvre, Librairie Renouard, Henri Laurens, Paris, 1918
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Exhibition History:
Piranesi's Rome: Views of the Eternal City, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Olivia Kohler-Maga, September 04, 2024 - December 07, 2024
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