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Maker(s):Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
Culture:Italian (1720-1778)
Title:Veduta del Tempio di Antonino e Faustina in Campo Vaccino [View of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in the Cow Field] from the series Vedute di Roma [Views of Rome]
Date Made:1758 plate; 1777 or before, print
Type:Print
Materials:Etching; black ink on ivory laid paper
Place Made:Europe; Italy; Rome
Measurements:mat: 27 7/8 in x 35 7/8 in; 70.8025 cm x 91.1225 cm; sheet: 22 in x 28 3/4 in; 55.88 cm x 73.025 cm; plate: 15 7/8 x 21 3/8 in.; 40.3225 x 54.2925 cm; image: 15 3/8 in x 21 1/8 in; 39.0525 cm x 53.6575 cm
Narrative Inscription:  inscription: recto, lwr. ctr. (printed, within plate): VEDUTA DEL TEMPIO DI ANTONINO E FAUSTINA IN CAMPO VACCINO ; signature:recto, lwr. l. (printed, within plate): PIRANESI ARCHITETTO FEC. ; inscription: recto, lwr. l. (printed, within plate): PRESSO L’AUTORE A STRADA FELICE NEL PALAZZO TOMATI VICINO ALL TRINITA DE’MONTI. a PAOLI DUE E MEZZO.
Accession Number:  MH 1966.19.P.RII
Credit Line:Source and date of acquisition unknown
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
An ancient temple in ruins fronted with columns. In the Roman Forum, also called the Cow Field.

Tags:
architecture; columns; temples; ancient; ruins; buildings; people; international

Subjects:
Architecture; Buildings; Civilization, Ancient; Columns; Etching; Human beings; Ruins; Temples

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