The Roman forum, Rome: view from the Capitol towards the Colosseum. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1757.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
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[1757?]
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2995708i
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Description

The Forum romanum, or Campo vaccino, with the arch of Septimius Severus and the temple of Saturn in the foreground, the Palatine on the right and the Colosseum in the left distance

Publication/Creation

[Roma [Rome]] (a Strada Felice, nel Palazzo Tomati, vicino alla Trinità de'Monti) : presso l'autore [G.B. Piranesi], [1757?]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image and lettering 40.2 x 54.5 cm

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Lettering

Veduta di Campo Vaccino. 1 Vestigie del tempio di Giove Tonante ... 15. Vestigie delle terme di Tito. Piranesi del. sculp.

Edition

[Hind's state III].

References note

A.M. Hind, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: a critical study, with a list of his published works and detailed catalogues of the prisons and the views of Rome, New York 1922, pp. 49-50, no. 40 (as dated 1775 mistakenly for 1757)

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Wellcome Collection 2995708i

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