View of the crane with which Pope Clement XI, in 1705, raised the column and base of the Apotheosis of the Emperor Antoninus Pius from the ruins of the Campus Martius, plate 31 from "Il Campo Marzio dell' Antica Roma, Opera di G.B. Piranesi socio della reale società degli antiquari di Londra" (The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G.B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London)
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- Title: View of the crane with which Pope Clement XI, in 1705, raised the column and base of the Apotheosis of the Emperor Antoninus Pius from the ruins of the Campus Martius, plate 31 from "Il Campo Marzio dell' Antica Roma, Opera di G.B. Piranesi socio della reale società degli antiquari di Londra" (The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G.B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London)
- Series/Portfolio: Il Campo Marzio dell' Antica Roma, Opera di G.B. Piranesi socio della reale società degli antiquari di Londra
- Artist: Arnold van Westerhout (Flemish, Antwerp 1651–1725 Rome)
- Artist: After Francesco Antonio Fontana (Italian, 1668–1708)
- Date: 1762
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 21 5/8 x 43 11/16 in. (55 x 111 cm)
Plate: 18 5/16 x 39 in. (46.5 x 99 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 41.71.1.10(35)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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