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Remains of the Ancient City Walls A. of Paestum (Vue de ce qui reste encore des Murs A. de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto) from the series Different views of Pesto or Posidonia (Différentes vues de Pesto autrement Posidinia)

Remains of the Ancient City Walls A. of Paestum (Vue de ce qui reste encore des Murs A. de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto) from the series Different views of Pesto or Posidonia (Différentes vues de Pesto autrement Posidinia)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italian, 1720 – 1778)
Title
Remains of the Ancient City Walls A. of Paestum (Vue de ce qui reste encore des Murs A. de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto) from the series Different views of Pesto or Posidonia (Différentes vues de Pesto autrement Posidinia)
Date
1763
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
16 1/8 x 22 1/8 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of John C. Hawley in memory of Mary Oakley Hawley
Accession No.
52.6.69
Classification
Prints
Geography
Italy

Related

Mary Oakley Hawley (Madison, WI); by 1952, John C. Hawley [husband of Mary Oakley Hawley] (Madison, WI/Delray Beach, FL) gifted to the University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1967, transfer to the Elvehjem Art Center [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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