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The Temple of Vespasian
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The Temple of Jupiter Tonans (Plate 79 of the Views of Rome)
The Temple of Vespasian
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
1756
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 55.2 x 82.4 cm (21 3/4 x 32 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 39.9 x 60 cm (15 11/16 x 23 5/8 in.)
Platemark: 39.9 x 60 cm (15 11/16 x 23 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession NumberM25555
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind 044, iv/vi; Focillon 819; Robison 44(E)(of G); Ficacci 920
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 (1844-1884); 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)