Leaf with two performances of Roman buildings. Above: remains of the aqueduct Aqua Anio Vetus. Numbered top left: Attn. X. Numbered upper right: Fig. I. Glossary of letters in lower margin. Bottom: schematic representation of the Porta Tiburtina in the Aurelian Wall and a map of the area. Numbered upper right: Fig. II. Glossary of letters ondermarge. Manufacturer : printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (listed building) in its design: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (listed property) Place manufacture: Rome Date: ca. 1756 - ca. 1757 Physical features: etching; printing of two sheets in a non-cut sh
Leaf with two performances of Roman buildings. Above: remains of the aqueduct Aqua Anio Vetus. Numbered top left: Attn. X. Numbered upper right: Fig. I. Glossary of letters in lower margin. Bottom: schematic representation of the Porta Tiburtina in the Aurelian Wall and a map of the area. Numbered upper right: Fig. II. Glossary of letters ondermarge. Manufacturer : printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (listed building) in its design: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (listed property) Place manufacture: Rome Date: ca. 1756 - ca. 1757 Physical features: etching; printing of two sheets in a non-cut sheet of material: paper Technique: etching dimensions: plate edge: h 132 mm (above.) × W 196 mm (above.) × H 130 mm (Bottom.) × W 196 mm (Bottom.) Remarks These prints part of the series' Le Antichità Romane. Piranesi did more than eight years to study these 250 plates story series that was published in four volumes. He produced the prints from about 1756 to 1757. The series also includes prints by or to other printmakers, among Who: Francesco Bianchini and Girolamo Rossi. Subject: ruin of a building architectureaqueduct ~ (~ water supply) city gate where Aqua Anio Vetus Porta Tiburtina
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