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The Interior of the Colosseum (Plate 137 of the Views of Rome)
Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1758–1810)
1788
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 55.3 x 82.3 cm (21 3/4 x 32 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 49.5 x 72.7 cm (19 1/2 x 28 5/8 in.)
Platemark: 49.5 x 72.7 cm (19 1/2 x 28 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession NumberM25613
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind 137, i/iii; Focillon 823 bis
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)