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A Floor Lamp, Cross-Section of a Sarcophagus, and Sections of a Frieze (Plate 25 of Vol. 2 of the Antichità Romane)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
1756
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 74.8 x 53.6 cm (29 7/16 x 21 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 59.7 x 39.6 cm (23 1/2 x 15 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 59.7 x 39.6 cm (23 1/2 x 15 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. W. J. Moore
Accession Number1972.342
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind, pp. 83-84 (1756); Focillon 247
State
i?
Marks
Verso, top right, 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