Veduta del prospetto principale della Colonna Trajana (View of the Front of Trajan’s Column)
Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)Italian, 1720–1778
CultureItalian
Titles
- Veduta del prospetto principale della Colonna Trajana (View of the Front of Trajan’s Column)
Date1774–1779, printed c. 1836
MediumEtching with engraving on six joined sheets of wove paper
DimensionsPlate: 111 3/8 × 18 13/16 in. (282.9 × 47.8 cm)
Sheet: 126 1/4 × 21 in. (320.7 × 53.3 cm)
Sheet: 126 1/4 × 21 in. (320.7 × 53.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Endowment
Object number2025.333
Not on view
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Exhibition History"Life and Times in Imperial Rome: Trajan and His Times," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Nov. 2, 2025--Jan. 25, 2026.
Published References none known for this impression Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscriptions printed on either side of the column describe the friezes on the column
Watermark: On all six sheets: on right or left edge: FABRIANO
Sheet 1: Watermark at left edge: P.M FABRIANO
Sheet 2: Watermark at left edge and partial watermark at the seam: FABRINO M
Sheet 3: Watermark at left edge and partial watermark at the seam: M FABRIANO
Sheet 4: Watermark at right edge and partial watermark at the seam: M FABRIANO
Sheet 5: Watermark at right edge and partial watermark at the seam: M FABRIANO
Sheet 6: Watermark and year mark at left edge: FABRIANO 1836
Sheet 1: Watermark at left edge: P.M FABRIANO
Sheet 2: Watermark at left edge and partial watermark at the seam: FABRINO M
Sheet 3: Watermark at left edge and partial watermark at the seam: M FABRIANO
Sheet 4: Watermark at right edge and partial watermark at the seam: M FABRIANO
Sheet 5: Watermark at right edge and partial watermark at the seam: M FABRIANO
Sheet 6: Watermark and year mark at left edge: FABRIANO 1836
Catalogue raisonnéCoarelli 621-626, Ficacci 703, Focillon 553, Wilton-Ely II 687
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