View of the Piazza del Campidoglio, the plaza at the top of Capitoline Hill. Across the plaza is the Palazzo Nuovo and to the right is the Palazzo Senatorio, the city hall. In the center of the plaza is the bronze Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, made in 175 CE.
Artwork Details
Medium
Etching
Acquisition
Accession
5000.04
Source or Donor
Judge John T. O'Connell
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Collection of DePaul University, 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
Exhibition
Piranesi
Interpretative Labels
Label
Veduta della Piazza del Campidoglio
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
Mid-19th century
Digital image scanned from "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings" Vol.1 by John Wilton-Ely, 1994.
Label
Michelangelo, the famous renaissance artist, was commisioned by Pope Paul III to design the Piazza del Campidoglio in the 16th century. In 1981 a replica of the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius was made to replace the original statue as it was moved inside the Capitoline Museums for safer keeping.
