Avanzi degl' Aquedotti Neroniani che si volevano distruggere per la loro vecchiezza ma per ordine di N'ro. Sig.re Papa Clemento XIV sono restati in piedi (Remains of the Aqueduct of Nero which were to be destroyed on account of their age but remained standing by order of Pope Clement XIV), from the series "Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)"

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Avanzi degl' Aquedotti Neroniani che si volevano distruggere per la loro vecchiezza ma per ordine di N'ro. Sig.re Papa Clemento XIV sono restati in piedi (Remains of the Aqueduct of Nero which were to be destroyed on account of their age but remained standing by order of Pope Clement XIV), from the series "Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)"
Avanzi degl' Aquedotti Neroniani che si volevano distruggere per la loro vecchiezza ma per ordine di N'ro. Sig.re Papa Clemento XIV sono restati in piedi (Remains of the Aqueduct of Nero which were to be destroyed on account of their age but remained standing by order of Pope Clement XIV), from the series "Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)"
Artist/Maker (Italian, 1720 - 1778)
Date1775
MediumEtching
DimensionsPlate: 19 1/4 × 28 in. (48.9 × 71.1 cm) Sheet: 24 5/8 × 32 3/4 in. (62.5 × 83.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971
Object number1984.19
Not on view

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2011
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.).
Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of William G. Roehrick.
Markings Blind stamp: "REGIA CALLIGRAFIA / [crown] / DI ROMA" at lower right.
Published References John Wilton-Ely, GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI: THE COMPLETE ETCHINGS, vol. I (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994), p. 294;

Carlo A. Petrucci, CATALOGO GENERALE DELLA STAMPE TRATTE DAI RAMI INCISI POSSEDUTI DELLA CALCOGRAFIA NAZIONALE (Rome, 1953);

Arthur 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 (London, 1922);

Henri Focillon, GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI: ESAI DE CATALOGUE RAISONNE DE SON OEUVRE (Paris, 1918).
Signature Signed "Cavalier Piranesi F." in plate at lower left.
Inscribed "48" in plate at upper right; "732" in plate at upper right; "Avanzi degl'Aquedotti Neroniani che / si volevano distruggere per la loro vecchiezza, ma per ordine di Nro. Sigre. / Papa Clemente XIV. sono restati in piedi. / 8. 2. Scala Santa 48." in plate at lower center.
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