The arch of Janus, Rome. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1748.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Date:
[1748]
Reference:
2992722i
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Description

The columns of the temple of Vespasian and Titus are shown with only the top part excavated and the rest still buried. It is identified by Piranesi as the temple of Jupiter the thunderer. In the background is the temple of Saturn, marked I. and identified by Piranesi as the temple of Concord

Publication/Creation

[Roma (dirimpetto l'Academia di Franzia)] : [si vende dall'autore], [1748]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 13 x 26 cm

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Lettering

Tempio di Giano. Piranesi fecit. Bears number: Tav.11 The lettering is etched erratically as an inscription on a leaning block from an ancient ruined building

References note

A.M. Hind, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: a critical study, with a list of his published works and detailed catalogues of the prisons and the views of Rome, New York 1922, p. 76, no. 11

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Wellcome Collection 2992722i

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