PrintsItalian18th century

View of the Bridge and Castel Sant’ Angelo

1754

Artists

Giovanni Battista PiranesiArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

image: 35.3 × 58.2 cm (13 7/8 × 22 15/16 in.) plate: 37.7 × 58.8 cm (14 13/16 × 23 1/8 in.) sheet: 54.2 × 79.1 cm (21 5/16 × 31 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Thomas Palmer, Esq., Boston, gift; to Harvard University, 1772, transferred; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008

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