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Remains of the Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli (Avanzi della Villa di Mecenate a Tivoli) from the series Views of Rome (Vedute di Roma)

Remains of the Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli (Avanzi della Villa di Mecenate a Tivoli) from the series Views of Rome (Vedute di Roma)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italian, 1720 – 1778)
Title
Remains of the Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli (Avanzi della Villa di Mecenate a Tivoli) from the series Views of Rome (Vedute di Roma)
Date
1763
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
18 x 26 5/8 in. Overall
Credit
Transfer from the Wisconsin Historical Society
Accession No.
05.1.30
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

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