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The Egyptian Obelisk in the Piazza of St. John Lateran (Plate 12 of the Views of Rome)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
1759
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 82.3 x 55.2 cm (32 3/8 x 21 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 54.8 x 40.7 cm (21 9/16 x 16 in.)
Platemark: 54.8 x 40.7 cm (21 9/16 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession NumberM25488
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind 053, iii/v; Focillon 800; Robison 53(D)(of F); Ficacci 902
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 i n 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)