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Artist/Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italian, 1720 - 1778)
Datec. 1765
MediumEtching
DimensionsComposition: 16 13/16 × 25 13/16 in. (42.7 × 65.5 cm)
Sheet: 17 15/16 × 26 5/8 in. (45.5 × 67.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard Griffiths, Class of 1952
Object number2010.4.3
Not on view
DescriptionWilton-Ely notes that this is now thought to be the Frigidarium.
Additional Details
Provenance
2010: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Richard Griffiths;
mid-1990s - 2010: Richard Griffiths, by gift or inheritance from Edith Grant Griffiths;
? - mid-1990s: Edith Grant Griffiths, by gift of Edward Root;
?: Edward Root.
mid-1990s - 2010: Richard Griffiths, by gift or inheritance from Edith Grant Griffiths;
? - mid-1990s: Edith Grant Griffiths, by gift of Edward Root;
?: Edward Root.
Markings
Label: adhesive label (separated from artwork by the time it entered Hamilton's collection) with "ESTABLISHED 1871 / The Veerhoff Galleries / Washington D.C.".
Published References
John Wilton-Ely, GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI: THE COMPLETE ETCHINGS, vol. I (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994), p. 253;
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).
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 right composition.
Inscribed
"Rovine del Sisto, o sia della gran sala / della Terme Antoniniane" in plate at lower right composition.
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