Veduta interna dell'antico Tempio di Bacco in oggi Chiesa di San Urbano (The so-called Temple of Bacchus, now the Church of Saint Urban, interior)
Veduta interna dell'antico Tempio di Bacco in oggi Chiesa di San Urbano (The so-called Temple of Bacchus, now the Church of Saint Urban, interior)

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Veduta interna dell'antico Tempio di Bacco in oggi Chiesa di San Urbano (The so-called Temple of Bacchus, now the Church of Saint Urban, interior),

1767

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720–1778; born Mogliano Veneto, Italy; died Rome, Italy; active Rome
2009-121

Information

Title
Veduta interna dell'antico Tempio di Bacco in oggi Chiesa di San Urbano (The so-called Temple of Bacchus, now the Church of Saint Urban, interior)
Dates

1767

Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 42 x 60.2 cm. (16 9/16 x 23 11/16 in.) sheet: 54 x 78.4 cm. (21 1/4 x 30 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
2009-121
Place Made

Europe, Italy

Place Depicted

Europe, Italy, Rome, Sant'Urbano alla Caffarella

Inscription
Titled and inscribed in plate below image, below image from left to right: Veduta interna dell’antico Tempio di Bacco in oggi Chiesa di S. Urbano … Inscribed in plate, lower right corner: Cavalier Piranesi diseg. ed. incise.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in a double circle with letters "CB" above (Robison 36)
Reference Numbers
Focillon 752; Hind 81; Wilton-Ely 214
Culture
Italian, European
Type
prints, etchings
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
interior perspectives, figures (representations), temples, vedute

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