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- Artist
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italian, 1720 – 1778) - Title
- Perspective View of the Grand Fountain of the Acqua Virgine Known As Trevi (Veduta in prospettiva della gran Fontana dell'Acqua Vergine detta di Trevi) from the series Views of Rome (Vedute di Roma)
- Date
- 1773
- Medium
- Engraving and etching
- Dimensions
- 18 3/4 x 28 1/4 in. Overall
- Credit
- Transfer from the Wisconsin Historical Society
- Accession No.
- 05.1.21
- Classification
- Prints
- Geography
- Italy
Related
before 1904, by descent to Mrs. Mary C. McLorg (Superior, WI); 1905, sold by Mary C. McLorg to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin [now the Wisconsin Historical Society] (Madison, WI); 1950, loaned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Art History; 1970, loan transferred to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 2001, Wisconsin Historical Society transferred to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]
- Wilton-Ely, John. "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings." San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994.
- Piranesi's Views of Rome: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2/26/2000–4/23/2000
- Art of Piranesi, The: Art History Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 11/4/1976–12/10/1976
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