Section and elevation of the Colosseum in Rome

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla Italian

Publisher Claudio Duchetti Italian

1581

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Artwork Details

Title: Section and elevation of the Colosseum in Rome
Artist: Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla (Italian, active Rome, 1575–99)
Publisher: Claudio Duchetti (Italian, active Venice and Rome, ca. 1565–died ca. 1585)
Date: 1581
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 15 1/4 x 21 5/8 in. (38.7 x 55 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Object Number: 2012.136.939
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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