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Maker(s):Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
Culture:Italian (1720-1778)
Title:Veduta della Piazza della Rotonda [View of the Piazza della Rotonda] from the series Vedute di Roma [Views of Rome]
Date Made:1751 plate; 1777 or before, print
Type:Print
Materials:Etching, black ink on ivory laid paper
Place Made:Europe; Italy; Rome
Measurements:sheet: 21 1/4 in x 29 in; 53.975 cm x 73.66 cm; plate: 16 in x 21 1/4 in; 40.64 cm x 53.975 cm; image: 15 1/4 x 21 1/8 in.
Narrative Inscription:  inscription: verso, ctr. (blue ink, stamp): MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE LIBRARY ; inscription: recto, lwr. ctr. (printed, within plate): VEDUTA DELLA PIAZZA DELLA ROTONDA ; signature: recto, lwr. r. (printed, within plate): PIRANESI DEL. SC.
Accession Number:  MH 1972.75.11.P.RII
Credit Line:Transfer from the Mount Holyoke College Library
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
View of the Piazza della Rotonda with an obelisk atop a fountain in the center and the Pantheon to the right. Several stalls with people selling goods in lower right corner.

Tags:
architecture; buildings; ancient; civic centers; markets; fountains; people; international

Subjects:
Architecture; Buildings; Civilization, Ancient; Etching; Human beings

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