Avanzi d'un portico coperto, o criptoportico in una villa di Domiziano cinque miglia lontan da Roma su la via di Frascati

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Avanzi d'un portico coperto, o criptoportico in una villa di Domiziano cinque miglia lontan da Roma su la via di Frascati

Entry/Object ID

5015

Description

Remains of a covered portico, or a cryptoportiucus, in a villa of Domitian, five miles outside Rome on the Frascati road.

Artwork Details

Medium

Etching

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Judge John T. O'Connell

Made/Created

Artist

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista

Place

City

Rome

County

Italy

Continent

Europe

Notes

Creation Date: mid-18th century, printed early 19th century

Ethnography

Notes

Italian Europe, Italy

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

WORKS ON PAPER

Dimensions

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

32 in

Length

22 in

Dimension Description

matte

Width

34 in

Length

28 in

Dimension Description

Frame

Dimension Notes

Size: 29.50x35.50x.50

Exhibition

Piranesi

Interpretative Labels

Label

Avanzi d'un portico coperto, o criptoportico in una villa di Domiziano cinque miglia lontan da Roma su la via di Frascati Piranesi, Giovanni Battista Mid-19th century Digital image scanned from "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings" Vol.1 by John Wilton-Ely, 1994.