Arco di Druso alla porta di Sebastiano in Roma (Arch of Drusus at the Gate of St. Sebastian in Rome) from Roman Antiquities from the Time of the Republic and of the First Emperors – All Works – eMuseum

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

(Italian, 1720 - 1778)

Arco di Druso alla porta di Sebastiano in Roma (Arch of Drusus at the Gate of St. Sebastian in Rome) from Roman Antiquities from the Time of the Republic and of the First Emperors, 1748

Etching on paper

Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of Benjamin A. Younker, 1942.24

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Exhibition History"Italian Etchings of the 17th and 18th Centuries," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

DimensionsSheet: 13 × 16 7/8 in. (33 × 42.9 cm)
Plate: 5 3/16 × 10 9/16 in. (13.2 × 26.8 cm)

Accession Number 1942.24

Classificationsprint

CopyrightPublic Domain

InscriptionsInscribed in plate: Piranesi f. (l/l); Tav. 8 (u/l) Lettered in subject: ARCO DI DRVSO | ALLA PORTA | DI SEBASTIANO | IN ROMA (l/l)

Editionplate 8 (first edition, pub. 1748)

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