Front View of the Column of Marcus Aurelius (Veduta del Prospetto Principale della Colonna Antonia), Part 1 from Base
1774-1779
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, Venetian, 1720-1778
European Art
- Maker/Artist
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- Engraving
- Medium
- engraving
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 22 1/4 x 31 1/4 in. (56.5 x 79.4 cm) Image: 21 7/8 x 18 3/4 in. (55.6 x 47.6 cm)
- Inscribed
- The inscription on the base indicates that this is the column built by Pope Sixtus V to purify all impiety with a gilded bronze statue of St. Paul the Apostle; on top dated 1589 the 4th year of Sixtus V's Papacy. Also explanatory text is provided for each band of the column's relief scenes. Dimensions are also indicated.
- Departments
- European Art
- Accession Number
- X1042.134b
- Credit Line
- Brooklyn Museum Collection
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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