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The Mouth of the Cloaca Maximae in Tiberim (Ostium, sive Emissarium Cloacae Maximae in Tiberim) from the series On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans (Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de'Romani)

The Mouth of the Cloaca Maximae in Tiberim (Ostium, sive Emissarium Cloacae Maximae in Tiberim) from the series On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans (Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de'Romani)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italian, 1720 – 1778)
Title
The Mouth of the Cloaca Maximae in Tiberim (Ostium, sive Emissarium Cloacae Maximae in Tiberim) from the series On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans (Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de'Romani)
Date
1761
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
15 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Richard E. Brock
Accession No.
1996.39.5
Classification
Prints
Geography
Italy

Related

30 December 1996, gifted by Richard E. Brock (Adelphi, MD) 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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