Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo Agonale

Work on Paper

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

5010

Description

View of the Piazza Navona above the Ruins of the Circus Agonalis [Circus of Domitian]. The Fountain of the Moor (located at the southern end of the piazza) is in the foreground surrounded by people. In the middle ground, at the center of the piazza, is Bernini's Fountain of Four Rivers.

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

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

Exhibition

Piranesi

Interpretative Labels

Label

Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo Agonale Piranesi, Giovanni Battista Mid-19th century Digital image scanned from "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings" Vol.1 by John Wilton-Ely, 1994.