Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)Italian, 1720–1778
CultureItalian
Titles
- Tempio di Giano (Temple of Janus)
- from Alcune Vedute di Archi trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte de quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l’Italia (Some views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)
- from the series Antichità romane de’ tempi della prima repubblica, e de’ primi imperatori (Roman Antiquities of the time of the First Republic and the First Emperors)
- Archi Trionfali (Triumphal Arches)
Datec. 1748
Place depictedRome, Italy
MediumEtching on laid paper, state I/I
DimensionsPlate: 5 3/16 × 10 7/16 in. (13.2 × 26.5 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 18 3/8 in. (34.9 × 46.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 18 3/8 in. (34.9 × 46.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning
Object number85.442
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
205 Vinson & Elkins Gallery
Exposé
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Recto: Inscribed in black ink, in plate, top right corner: Tav. 11
Recto: Inscribed in black ink, in plate, lower right: TEMPIO DI / GIANO
Recto: Signed in black ink, in plate, lower right: PIRANESI FECIT.
Recto: Inscribed in black ink, in plate, lower right: TEMPIO DI / GIANO
Recto: Signed in black ink, in plate, lower right: PIRANESI FECIT.
Recto: Signed in black ink, in plate, lower right: PIRANESI FECIT.
Catalogue raisonnéFocillon 52; Mariani 53; Wilton-Ely 114
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