Dimostrazione in grande del capitello di una delle colonne del Tempio di Giunonedentro i portici d'Ottavia. (Reconstruction of details of the capital of a column of the Temple of Juno within the Portico of Octavia.)
1756
Artwork Information
In carefully articulating every aspect of remaining ruins, Piranesi set out to illustrate the precepts of Vitruvius on the 'division, durability, grandeur and beauty' of the buildings of ancient Rome. According to Jonathon Scott (Piranesi, Academy Editions, 1975), he blithely trespassed in gardens and vineyards to pry out tumbled and unrecognised ruins, quizzing local farmers to find out the exact location of recent finds, and even undertook certain excavations himself.
- Title
- Dimostrazione in grande del capitello di una delle colonne del Tempio di Giunonedentro i portici d'Ottavia. (Reconstruction of details of the capital of a column of the Temple of Juno within the Portico of Octavia.)
- Production Date
- 1756
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- 395 x 250 mm
- Credit Line
- Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
- Accession No
- M1982/1/4/67
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display Status
- Not on display
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