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Part of a Vault from Hadrian's Villa (Plate 21 of the Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcophagi, Tripodi...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
1768-1778
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 54.7 x 81.8 cm (21 9/16 x 32 3/16 in.)
Platemark: 50.5 x 72.3 cm (19 7/8 x 28 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 50.5 x 72.3 cm (19 7/8 x 28 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession NumberM25614.21
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind, p. 87, 1778; Focillon 619; Ficacci 751
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)