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Veduta della antiche Sostruzioni fatte da Tarquinio Superbo dette il Bel Lido... (View of the ancient structure built by Tarquinius Superbus called the Bel Lido)
Veduta della antiche Sostruzioni fatte da Tarquinio Superbo dette il Bel Lido... (View of the ancient structure built by Tarquinius Superbus called the Bel Lido)
Object number1977.38.6

Veduta della antiche Sostruzioni fatte da Tarquinio Superbo dette il Bel Lido... (View of the ancient structure built by Tarquinius Superbus called the Bel Lido)

Date1776
Artist (Italian, 1720-1778)
CultureItalian
MediumEtching
DimensionsImage: 17 13/16 x 26 1/2 in. (45.24 x 67.31 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ruth Lamb Atkinson, class of 1918
On View
Not on view
Period18th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned (LR, etched): Cav. Piranesi F.
InscribedInscribed (LR, in margin): 57; (UR): 741
Catalogue raisonnéFicacci 996, Focillon 841, Hind 125 I/III, Wilton-Ely 258BibliographyFocillon 841.DescriptionVedua delle Antioche (The Tiber at the mouth of the Cloaca Maxima)
Veduta delle antiche Sostruzioni fatte da Tarquinio Superbo detto il Bel Lido, e come altri erette da Marco Agrippa a tempi di Augusto, in occasione ch'Egli fece ripurgare tutte le Cloache fino al Tevere (View of the ancient structure built by Tarquinius Superbus called the Bel Lido, and like others, built by Marcus Agrippa in the time of Augustus when he cleaned all fo the sewers leading to the Tiber)
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