Ancient Altar (Ara antica ...)
Caption
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Venetian, 1720–1778). Ancient Altar (Ara antica ...), ca. 1750. Etching, Sheet: 12 15/16 x 13 3/4 in. (32.8 x 35 cm) Plate: 9 9/16 x 13 7/8 in. (24.3 x 35.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1042.131.8.
Gallery
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Title
Ancient Altar (Ara antica ...)
Date
ca. 1750
Medium
Etching
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 15/16 x 13 3/4 in. (32.8 x 35 cm) Plate: 9 9/16 x 13 7/8 in. (24.3 x 35.2 cm)
Inscriptions
Below image: "Ara Antica sepra la quale si facevano anticamente i sagrifizi, con altre ruine all'intorno"; lower left: "Gio Batta Piranesi, Architetto inventò ed incise in Roma"; lower right: "7.", "R"; verso lower left: "53760"; lower right: "OK"
Credit Line
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Accession Number
X1042.131.8
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