The Temple of Claudius, near the Church of SS Giovanni e Paolo (formerly called the Curia Hostilia) (Plate 102 of the Views of Rome)

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The Temple of Claudius, near the Church of SS Giovanni e Paolo (formerly called the Curia Hostilia) (Plate 102 of the Views of Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)

1757

Medium/Technique Etching

Dimensions Sheet: 55.5 x 82.3 cm (21 7/8 x 32 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 40.4 x 61.3 cm (15 7/8 x 24 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession NumberM25578

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hind 043, iv/vi; Focillon 804; Ficacci 898

Marks Verso, 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)