| Maker(s): | Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
| | Culture: | Italian (1720-1778)
| | Title: | Colonna Trajana [Trajan's Column] from the series Vedute di Roma [Views of Rome]
| | Date Made: | 1758 plate; 1871 or after, print
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Etching, black ink on ivory wove paper
| | Place Made: | Europe; Italy; Rome
| | Measurements: | mat: 36 in x 28 in; 91.44 cm x 71.12 cm; sheet: 35 1/4 in x 24 5/8 in; 89.535 cm x 62.5475 cm; plate: 21 5/8 in x 16 1/8 in; 54.9275 cm x 40.9575 cm; image: 15 13/16 in x 21 in; 40.16375 cm x 53.34 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | inscription: verso, lwr. l. (pencil): MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE / ACQUIRED 1905 ; inscription: recto, lwr. ctr. (printed, within plate: COLONNA TRAJANA ; inscription: recto, lwr. r. (printed, within plate): PIRANESI FECIT ; inscription: recto, lwr. r. (printed, within plate): PRESSO L’AUTORE A STRADA FELICE NEL PALAZZO TOMATI VICINO ALL TRINITA DE’MONTI ; trademark: recto, lwr. r. (blind stamp): REGIA CALCOGRAFIA / DI ROMA [crown in center] ; inscription: recto, upp. r. (printed, within image): 715 ; inscription: recto, upp. r. (printed, within image): 31
| | Accession Number: | MH 1972.75.2.P.RII
| | Credit Line: | Source and date of acquisition unknown
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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