Veduta dell'Arco di Constantino, e dell'Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo (View of the Arch of Constantine and of the Flavian Amphitheatre called the Colosseum)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720 - 1778
published 1752
Etching on heavy laid paper
Plate: 16 1/16 × 21 1/2 in. (40.8 × 54.6 cm)
Sheet: 20 13/16 × 27 5/8 in. (52.8 × 70.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
PR.977.24.28
Portfolio / Series Title
Le Magnificenze di Roma: Vedute di Roma
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in plate, lower right: Piranesi del. Scolp.; Inscribed, in plate, lower center: Veduta dell'Arco di Costantino,e dell'Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo; Inscribed, in plate, lower left: 1. Meta sudante / 2. Radice del Palatino; Inscribed, in plate, lower right: 3. Vestigie delle Terme di Tito / 4. Radice dell'Esquilino; Watermark: fleur-de-lis in circle [Hind 1]
Course History
REL 30, Sacred Cities: Rome, Christopher MacEvitt, Spring 2013
REL 30, Sacred Cities: Rome, Christopher MacEvitt, Spring 2013
REL 30.1, Sacred Cities: Rome, Christopher MacEvitt, Winter 2019
History 10.02, Archival Research, Julia Rabig, Summer 2025
Writing 5.20, Foundations of Dartmouth: Samson Occom, Edward Mitchell, and the History and Cultures of Native American, African American, and "Minority" Students at Dartmouth College, Doug Moody 1, Fall 2025
English 3.01, Literary History III, Sarah Wasserman, Spring 2026
Exhibition History
Ancient Profiles: Sculpture, Prints, and Coins from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 1, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1-December 17, 1997.
From Mastadon to Mosaic: Building an Academic Art Collection in America, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 14, 2025 - Fall 2026
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.49.
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. 49.
Provenance
Sir Robert Throckmorton (1702-1791), Fourth Baronet of Coughton Court, Warwickshire, England; purchased by Baker Library, between 1907-1912; transferred to present collection, 1984.
Catalogue Raisonne
Focillon 805; Hind 56 i/vi
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