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Various Capitals and Bases of Roman Columns (Plate 12 of The Magnificence and Architecture of the Romans)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
1761
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 58 x 43.2 cm (22 13/16 x 17 in.)
Platemark: 46.5 x 27.5 cm (18 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 46.5 x 27.5 cm (18 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. W. J. Moore
Accession Number1972.336
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind, pp. 84-85 (1761); Focillon 944
State
i
Marks
Verso, upper center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceMrs. W. J. Moore, Lowell, Massachusetts; her gift to the MFA April 12, 1972