Veduta della Basilica di S. ta Maria Maggiore con le due Fabbriche laterali di detta Basilica (View of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore with the Two Lateral Buildings of that Basilica), from Le Magnificenze di Roma: Vedute di Roma
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720 - 1778
1749
Etching on heavy laid paper
1/6
Plate: 15 13/16 × 21 9/16 in. (40.1 × 54.8 cm)
Sheet: 20 13/16 × 27 7/8 in. (52.8 × 70.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
PR.977.24.10
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in plate, lower right: Piranesi del. Scol. Inscribed, in plate, lower left to lower right: Veduta della Basilica di Sta Maria Maggiore con le due Fabbriche laterali di detta Basilica; inscribed, in plate, lower left: 1. Colonna antica dal Tempio della Pace / quivi eretta da Paolo V. / 2. Ospitale di S. Antonio Abate; Inscribed, in plate, lower center: La Facciata di mezzo Architettura del Cav. Ferdinando Fuga. Watermark: fleur-de-lis in circle [Hind 1]
Exhibition History
Two Views of Italy: Master Prints by Canaletto and Piranesi, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 11-September 3, 1995, no.37.
Publication History
Richard Rand and John Varriano, Two Views of Italy: Master Prints by Canaletto and Piranesi, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1995, no. 37, fig. 23.
Catalogue Raisonne
Focillon 794; Hind 9 i/vi
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