Trajan's Column from Le Antichità Romane (Roman Antiquities) – All Works – eMuseum

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

(Italian, 1720 - 1778)

Trajan's Column from Le Antichità Romane (Roman Antiquities), 1756

Etching on paper

Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Purchased by the Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc., 1950.120

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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines

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Exhibition History"Allegories of Consciousness: Perfection in Printmaking Since the Renaissance," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

"City Views," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa

DimensionsSheet: 7 3/4 × 9 11/16 in. (19.7 × 24.6 cm)
Plate: 5 1/2 × 7 15/16 in. (14 × 20.2 cm)
Image: 4 15/16 × 7 13/16 in. (12.5 × 19.8 cm)

Accession Number 1950.120

Classificationsprint

CopyrightPublic Domain

InscriptionsLettered in plate: Colomma Trajana. A. Ripari fatti dal Pontefice Sisto V. ala moderno piano di Ro=/ma. B Chiesa di S. Maria di Loreto. C Chiesa del Nome di Maria. Piranesi Architett. dis. inc. (l/r) Numbered: Fig. II (u/l)

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