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Fragments of a Pilaster and Column (Plate 40 of the Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi, Tripodi...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
1768-1778
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 82.4 x 55.1 cm (32 7/16 x 21 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 65.8 x 41.7 cm (25 7/8 x 16 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 65.8 x 41.7 cm (25 7/8 x 16 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession NumberM25614.40
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind, p. 87, 1778; Focillon 638; Ficacci 770
Marks
Verso, upper right, lower right, and center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282); verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceAlfred Greenough, Boston (1844-1884); by bequest to his uncle, Charles Henry Parker, Boston (1816-1908); his bequest to the MFA 1909 (transferred from library; accession date January 1, 1913)