Rovine del Sisto, o sia della gran sala delle Terme Antoniniane (Ruins of the Xystus, the central hall of the Antoinine Baths [The Baths of Caracalla]), from the series "Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)"

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Rovine del Sisto, o sia della gran sala delle Terme Antoniniane (Ruins of the Xystus, the central hall of the Antoinine Baths [The Baths of Caracalla]), from the series "Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)"
Image Not Available for Rovine del Sisto, o sia della gran sala delle Terme Antoniniane (Ruins of the Xystus, the central hall of the Antoinine Baths [The Baths of Caracalla]), from the series "Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)"
Artist/Maker (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.
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).
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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