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Remains of a covered portico, or a cryptoporticus, in a villa of Domitian, five miles outside Rome on the Frascati road, from Views of Rome — Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Asian Art · Catalogue no. 164116
Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Remains of a covered portico, or a cryptoporticus, in a villa of Domitian, five miles outside Rome on the Frascati road, from Views of Rome

StatusReference work · Not for sale
Held byArt Institute of Chicago
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Artist / MakerGiovanni Battista Piranesi
Date1766
Culture / OriginItaly
MediumEtching on heavy ivory laid paper
DimensionsImage: 41.8 × 59.8 cm (16 1/2 × 23 9/16 in.); Plate: 42.4 × 60.3 cm (16 3/4 × 23 3/4 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 72 cm (21 7/8 × 28 3/8 in.)
DepartmentPrints and Drawings
TypePrint
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