Ruins of the Xystus [a long open portico used for athletic exercises], the central hall of the Antonine Baths [The Baths of Caracalla], from Views of Rome

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title

Ruins of the Xystus [a long open portico used for athletic exercises], the central hall of the Antonine Baths [The Baths of Caracalla], from Views of Rome

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1765

Medium

Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 42.6 × 65.1 cm (16 13/16 × 25 11/16 in.); Plate: 43.2 × 65.6 cm (17 1/16 × 25 7/8 in.); Sheet: 55.7 × 78.4 cm (21 15/16 × 30 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1910.331

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