Piramide di C. Cestio (Pyramid of Caius Cestius), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Piramide di C. Cestio (Pyramid of Caius Cestius), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), 1756, etching and engraving on paper, Gift of Miss Henrietta E. Failing, public domain, 16.2.30
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- Title
Piramide di C. Cestio (Pyramid of Caius Cestius), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)
- Related Titles
original language: Piramide di C. Cestio
series (original language): Vedute di Roma
series (translated): Views of Rome
translated: The Pyramid of Caius Cestius
- Artist
- Date
1756
- Medium
etching and engraving on paper
- State
1 of 3
- Catalogue Raisonné
Hind 36, State i/iii, (not listed in Robison)
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
plate: 15 1/4 in x 21 in; sheet: 21 1/16 in x 29 15/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription; signature: Presse l'Autore / Piranesi F., printed, lower right in plate Language: Italian
title; inscription: Piramide di C. Cestio // 1. Terreno sgombrato d'in / torno alla Piramide sotto il // Pontificato d' / Alessa / ndro VII. 2. Porta aperta di quel // tempo nella, / Piramide. 3. Colonne ritrovate nello // sgombro / emposte nell' antica positura. 4. Mura // di Roma. 5. Torri della Porta di // S. Paolo., printed, lower right ni image Language: Italian
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
Italian
- Credit Line
Gift of Miss Henrietta E. Failing
- Accession Number
16.2.30
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Related Places
Depicts: Roma
- Exhibitions
2005 Speaking Ruins: Piranesi and the Legacy of Ancient Rome Portland Art Museum
2009 Word and Image/Word as Image Portland Art Museum
