Object number2004.19.5
Veduta del Tempio di Cibele a Piazza della Bocca della Veritá (The Temple of Cybele in the Piazza della Bocca della Verita)
Portfolio/SeriesFrom the series Vedute di Roma.
Date1753/54
Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italian, 1720-1778)
CultureItalian
MediumEtching in black ink on cream laid paper
Editionfrom the first Paris edition
DimensionsImage: 14 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (36.83 x 59.69 cm)
Sheet: 17 3/8 x 25 1/8 in. (44.13 x 63.82 cm)
Sheet: 17 3/8 x 25 1/8 in. (44.13 x 63.82 cm)
Credit LineGift from the estate of H. Diane Russell, class of 1958
On View
Not on viewPeriod18th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned (BR, within platemark): Piranesi Archit
InscribedInscribed (BL & BR, in plate): Il Tempio della Dea cibele di forms rotonda, del quale se ne/vede ancora l'avanz, era...; (B margin, pencil): Temple of Sibyl
Catalogue raisonnéFicacci 921, Focillon 820, Hind 47 III/V, Wilton-Ely 183DescriptionTemple of Cybele, Rome, Italy (The so-called Temple of Vesta, thought to be a Temple of Hercules)
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