The remaining part of the porticoes and vaults which supported the banks of seating in the so-called Circus Agonalis or Circus of Alexander Severus
PrintsItalian18th century

The remaining part of the porticoes and vaults which supported the banks of seating in the so-called Circus Agonalis or Circus of Alexander Severus

18th century

Artists

Giovanni Battista PiranesiArtist
Classification
Prints
Technique
Etching
Culture
Italian
Century
18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Prints

Dimensions

image: 20 × 40.1 cm (7 7/8 × 15 13/16 in.) plate: 21.6 × 40.4 cm (8 1/2 × 15 7/8 in.) other: 21.6 × 40.5 cm (8 1/2 × 15 15/16 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

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Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

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