The Aqueduct of Nero Leading to the Palatine

1775

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper [proof]

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 49 x 70.8 cm (19 5/16 x 27 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 55 x 80.6 cm (21 5/8 x 31 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.114.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1922, no. 118, State unrecorded proof before letters

  • Series Title

    Views of Rome

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Craddock and Barnard, London, 1965); Wynne Jeudwine, London; Nathan Charken, Geneva; (sale, Sotheby's London, 11 July 1974, no. 100); returned to Nathan Charken, Geneva; (sale, Christie's London, 24 June 1986, no. 106); (R.M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara); Samuel Josefowitz, Geneva; (R. M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara); purchased by NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Bibliography

1922

  • Hind, Arthur M. 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: Cotswold Gallery; New York: E. Weyhe, 1922.

Wikidata ID

Q76341564

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