Plate 19: Part of the ancient Appian Way about three miles outside Porta S. Sebastiano, from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte de quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)

Publisher Giovanni Bouchard Italian
ca. 1748
Not on view

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  • Title: Plate 19: Part of the ancient Appian Way about three miles outside Porta S. Sebastiano, from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte de quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)
  • Series/Portfolio: Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali si veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia Disegnati ed incisi dal Cavalier Gio. Battista Piranesi
  • Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
  • Publisher: Giovanni Bouchard (French, ca. 1716–1795)
  • Date: ca. 1748
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 5 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (13.3 x 27 cm)
    Sheet: 12 13/16 x 18 7/8 in. (32.5 x 48 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
  • Object Number: 37.45.3(88)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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