| Maker(s): | Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
| | Culture: | Italian (1720-1778)
| | Title: | Veduta dell' Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo [View of the Flavian Amphitheater known as the Colosseum] from the series Vedute di Roma [Views of Rome]
| | Date Made: | 1776 plate; 1871 or after, print
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Etching, black ink on ivory wove paper
| | Place Made: | Europe; Italy; Rome
| | Measurements: | sheet: 24 5/8 in x 35 1/4 in; 62.5475 cm x 89.535 cm; plate: 19 5/8 in x 28 1/4 in; 49.8475 cm x 71.755 cm; image: 19 3/8 in x 28 in; 49.2125 cm x 71.12 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | inscription: verso, lwr. r. (pencil):MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE / ACQUIRED 1901 ; inscription: recto, lwr. l. (printed, within image): VEDUTA DELL’ANFITEATRO FLA- / VIO DETTO IL COLOSSEO ; inscription: recto, lwr. r. (printed, within image): 22.II ; inscription: recto, lwr. r. (printed, within image): 98 ; signature:recto, lwr. r. (printed, within image): CAV. PIRANESI F. ; inscription: recto, upp. r. (printed, within image): 782 ; inscription: recto, upp. r. (printed, within image): 30 ; trademark: recto, lwr. r. (blind stamp): REGIA CALCOGRAFIA / DI ROMA [crown in center]
| | Accession Number: | MH 1972.75.6.P.RII
| | Credit Line: | Source and date of acquisition unknown
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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