Object number1978.16.3

Veduta della Curia Ostilia (View of the Curia Ostilia)

Date1757

Artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)

CultureItalian

MediumEngraving

DimensionsImage: 15 7/8 x 23 1/2 in. (40.32 x 59.69 cm)

Credit LineGift of Ruth Lamb Atkinson, class of 1918

On View

Not on view

Period18th c

Classification(s)

SignedSigned (LR): Piranesi Architetto fec.

Catalogue raisonnéFocillon 804, Hind 43, Wilton-Ely 160BibliographyFocillon 804; Hind 43 (ill. Hind pl. XXV).DescriptionVeduta del piano superiore del Serraglio della Fiere fabbricato da Domiziano a uso dell'Anfiteatro Flavio e volgarmente detta la Curia Ostilia (View of the upper storey of the Cages for Wild Animals built by the Emperor Domitian, associated with the Flavian Amphitheater and commonly called the Curia Hostilia); (Plate initially entitled 'Veduta della Curia Ostilia'. The Flavian Amphitheater is the Colosseum. The illustrated structure is actually the substructure of the Temple of Claudius near the Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo.)

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