Giovanni Battista Piranesi XLII. Dimostrazione in grande di alcune delle parti della facciata dell' ingresso principale del portico d'Ottavia (Reconstruction of some of details of the facade of the principal entrance of the Portico of Octavia)

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Artist:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi 
Title:
XLII. Dimostrazione in grande di alcune delle parti della facciata dell' ingresso principale del portico d'Ottavia (Reconstruction of some of details of the facade of the principal entrance of the Portico of Octavia) 
Production Date:
1756 
Medium:
etching 
Size (hxw):
395 x 595 mm 
Inscription:
Piranesi Archit Dis Inc (below image l.r.) 
Credit Line:
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982 
Accession No:
M1982/1/4/64 
Other ID:
067 
Copyright:
No known copyright restrictions 
Department:
International Art 

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