Baths of Titus or Baths of Trajan, Rome: remains of the reservoir to the tepidarium. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1756.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Date:
1756
Reference:
2975242i
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Called the Sette sale (seven chambers), these brick arches were constructed on the Esquiline as part of the Golden House of Nero, and subsequently absorbed into the Baths of Titus or possibly Baths of Trajan. Their location later became the garden of Palazzo Brancaccio, the home of the Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale

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1756

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 13.6 x 20.2 cm

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Lettering

Veduta de'sette anditi residuali del secondo piano del tepidario delle Terme di Tito, detto le Sette Sale. Piranesi archit. dis. inc. Bears number: Tav. XXVII fig. I

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Wellcome Collection 2975242i

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