| Maker(s): | Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
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| Culture: | Italian (1720-1778)
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| Title: | Arcus Marci Aurelii Imp [Arch of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius] from the series Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Roma [The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome]
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| Date Made: | 1757-1762 plate; after 1870 print
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| Type: | Print
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| Materials: | Etching and engraving, ink on wove paper
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| Place Made: | Europe; Italy; Rome
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| Measurements: | mat: 28 in x 22 in; 71.12 cm x 55.88 cm; sheet: 24 3/4 in x 17 1/2 in; 62.865 cm x 44.45 cm; plate: 15 5/16 in x 9 1/2 in; 38.89375 cm x 24.13 cm; image: 14 1/8 in x 9 3/16 in; 35.8775 cm x 23.33625 cm
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| Narrative Inscription: | inscription: recto, lwr. ctr. (printed, within plate): ARCUS MARCI AURELII IMP EX EJUS ARCHETYPIS, EFFORMATIS ANTEQUAM / DESTRUERETUR OB AMPLIANDUM HIPPODROMUM. A, B ANAGLYPHI QUI ASSERVAN- / TUR IN AEDIBUS CAPILOINIS C COLUMNA COCHLIODES EJUSDEM MARCI ; inscription: recto, lwr. l. (printed, within plate): VIDE INDICEM RUINAR NUM. 29. ; inscription: recto, upp. l. (printed, within image): TAB XXXVI ; trademark: recto, lwr. r. (circular blind stamp): REGIA CALCOGRAFIA / DI ROMA [image of crown in center] ; inscription: verso, upp. center (pencil) L. F. RANDOLPH
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| Accession Number: | MH 1972.76.P.RII
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Professor Louise Fitz Randolph (Class of 1872)
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| Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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