The So-Called Temple of Salus (Plate 65 of the Views of Rome)

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The So-Called Temple of Salus (Plate 65 of the Views of Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)

1763

Medium/Technique Etching

Dimensions Sheet: 55.2 x 82.2 cm (21 3/4 x 32 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 41.5 x 56.4 cm (16 5/16 x 22 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession NumberM25541

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hind 071, ii/iv; Focillon 776; Robison 71(B)(of D); Ficacci 942

Marks Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282); verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (not in Lugt)

ProvenanceAlfred Greenough, Boston (c.1843-1884); by bequest to his uncle, Charles Henry Parker, Boston (1816-1908); his bequest to the MFA 1909 (transferred from library; accession date January 1, 1913)