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Print, Ruins of the Mausoleum of Octavian Augustus, "Le Antichita Romane" II, 1756
This is a Print. It was architect: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. It is dated 1756 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is etching. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
Its dimensions are
Platemark: 40 × 52.8 cm (15 3/4 × 20 13/16 in.) H x W: 52.5 × 63 cm (20 11/16 × 24 13/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Lengthy inscription etched across lower part of plate
Cite this object as
Print, Ruins of the Mausoleum of Octavian Augustus, "Le Antichita Romane" II, 1756; Architect: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778); Italy; etching; Platemark: 40 × 52.8 cm (15 3/4 × 20 13/16 in.) H x W: 52.5 × 63 cm (20 11/16 × 24 13/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-85