Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
published by Francesco (Italian, 1758-1810) and Pietro Piranesi (Italian, born 1758/9)
View of the Temple of Hercules at Cori, ten miles distant from Velletri, from Views of Rome
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
published by Francesco (Italian, 1758-1810) and Pietro Piranesi (Italian, born 1758/9)1769, published 1800–07
View of the Temple of Hercules at Cori, ten miles distant from Velletri, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778) published by Francesco (Italian, 1758-1810) and Pietro Piranesi (Italian, born 1758/9) →etchingprint
Date
1769, published 1800–07
Medium
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 38 × 52.4 cm (15 × 20 11/16 in.); Plate: 38.7 × 53.3 cm (15 1/4 × 21 in.); Sheet: 45 × 58.8 cm (17 3/4 × 23 3/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Charles Deering Collection
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