Arch of Marcus Aurelius
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720 - 1778
1762
Engraving on wove paper
Sight: 14 in. (35.6 cm)
Sight: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Professor Harry E. Burton, Class of 1908H
PR.945.59.1
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, upper left: Tab. XXXVI.; lower center: Arcus Marci Aurelij Imp. ex...
Exhibition History
Architecture and Memory in Europe, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 15, 2022-February 11, 2024.
Provenance
Professor Harry Edwin Burton (1868-1945); given to present collection, 1945.
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