"Castello S. Angelo" (Veduta Mausoleo d'Elio Adriano)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Venetian, 1720–1778). "Castello S. Angelo" (Veduta Mausoleo d'Elio Adriano), Etching on laid paper, Image: 17 3/8 x 22 1/8 in. (44.1 x 56.2 cm) Sheet: 21 5/8 x 30 in. (54.9 x 76.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dorsky, 74.178.60. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

"Castello S. Angelo" (Veduta Mausoleo d'Elio Adriano)

Medium

Etching on laid paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Image: 17 3/8 x 22 1/8 in. (44.1 x 56.2 cm) Sheet: 21 5/8 x 30 in. (54.9 x 76.2 cm)

Signatures

Signed, "Piranesi Archit dif. et inc." printed in plate lower right corner

Markings

Lengthy text included as composition on bottom of composition "Kapernaros" Hind 30 written in pencil, lower left corner.

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dorsky

Accession Number

74.178.60

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