Trophy of Octavius Augustus
Artist/Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italian, 1720–1778)
Date1753
MediumEtching
DimensionsImage: 25 5/8 × 13 3/4 in. (65.1 × 34.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Ruth Benedict
EditionPlate 4 in 1st Edition (1753); Plate 6 in 2nd edition (1780). Either 1st or 2nd edition, but as no changes occurred in this print between these two editions, it seems impossible to tell in which edition it actually appeared. (See Hind, pp. 82-83 for description of Editions.)
PortfolioTrofei di Ottaviano Augusto (Trophies of Octavian Augustus)
Object number1971.63
Status
Not on viewThe Grand Tour: Representations and Recollections of Italy, 1750-1850
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Collections
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