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Capitals and Friezes of Various Buildings in Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
1761
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 58.7 x 154.3 cm (23 1/8 x 60 3/4 in.)(overall dimensions of two joined sheets)
Platemark: 41.6 x 122.6 cm (16 3/8 x 48 1/4 in.)(printed from two plates; overall dimensions)
Platemark: 41.6 x 122.6 cm (16 3/8 x 48 1/4 in.)(printed from two plates; overall dimensions)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. W. J. Moore
Accession Number1972.340
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind, pp.84-85 (1761); not listed in Focillon; Wilton-Ely 778
State
i
Marks
Verso, lower 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