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This is a drawing of an architectural scene. The artwork features a grand and complex architectural setting filled with towering arches and classical columns. The architecture includes elements such as stone doorways, facade details, and vaulted ceilings. In the foreground, there are various classical buildings arranged in layers. The scene conveys a sense of majesty and combines elements of reality and imagination in its design.
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This is a drawing of an architectural scene. The artwork features a grand and complex architectural setting filled with towering arches and classical columns. The architecture includes elements such as stone doorways, facade details, and vaulted ceilings. In the foreground, there are various classical buildings arranged in layers. The scene conveys a sense of majesty and combines elements of reality and imagination in its design.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Appartenenze d'antiche terme con scale che conducono alla palestar, e al teatro

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Date
1750
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 16 x 21.5 cm (6 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.) sheet: 23.4 x 37.2 cm (9 3/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2004.128.33
Credit line
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Opere Varie di Architettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • architecture
  • Venetian
  • Building
  • Figures
Provenance

Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Amherst, MA; gift to NGA, 2004.

Inscription

upper center in plate: Appartenze d'antiche terme con scale che conducono alla palestra, e al teatro

NGA object ID 111466. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.