Veduta dell'Atrio del Portico di Ottavia (The Portico of Ottavia: The Entrance Porch, exterior)
Veduta dell'Atrio del Portico di Ottavia (The Portico of Ottavia: The Entrance Porch, exterior)

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Veduta dell'Atrio del Portico di Ottavia (The Portico of Ottavia: The Entrance Porch, exterior),

1750–51

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720–1778; born Mogliano Veneto, Italy; died Rome, Italy; active Rome
2009-120

Information

Title
Veduta dell'Atrio del Portico di Ottavia (The Portico of Ottavia: The Entrance Porch, exterior)
Dates

1750–51

Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 39.6 x 59.8 cm. (15 9/16 x 23 9/16 in.) sheet: 56 x 80 cm. (22 1/16 x 31 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
2009-120
Place Made

Europe, Italy

Place Depicted

Europe, Italy, Rome, Porticus Octaviae

Inscription
Titled and inscribed in plate below image, center: Veduta dell’Atrio del Portico di Ottavia. / Presso l’Autore a Strada Felico Vicino all Trinita de monti. A pacli duc e mezzo. Inscribed in plate below image, lower left and continuing lower right: 1. S. Angelo in Pescaria. 2. Interno dell’Atrio / 3. Tavoloni di marmot, che coprivano l’ Atrio; sopra / cadaun de’quali si scorge in piede un pezzo di marmo / intagliato odi un’ Aquila in baso rilevo. 4. Pitture modern. Inscribed in plate directly below image, lower right: Piranesi Architetto fec.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in a double circle with letters "CB" above (Robison 36)
Reference Numbers
Focillon 815; Hind 58; Wilton-Ely 166
Culture
Italian, European
Type
etchings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
figures (representations), vedute, ruins, porticoes

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