Part of a spacious and magnificent Harbor for the use of the ancient Romans opening onto a large market square... (Parte di ampio magnifico Porto all'uso degli antichi Romani, ove si scuopre l'interno della gran Piazza pel Comercio...), from Various Works of Architecture, perspectives, grotesques, and antiquities; designed and etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect (Opere Varie di Archiettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
Details
Title
Part of a spacious and magnificent Harbor for the use of the ancient Romans opening onto a large market square... (Parte di ampio magnifico Porto all'uso degli antichi Romani, ove si scuopre l'interno della gran Piazza pel Comercio...), from Various Works of Architecture, perspectives, grotesques, and antiquities; designed and etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect (Opere Varie di Archiettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano)
Artist/Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
Date
ca. 1749–1750, printed ca. 1761–80
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
17 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches
Credit
Purchase
Accession #
66.31
Location
Currently not on view
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