Views, sections, and details of Trajan's column, Rome

People:

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (engraver (printmaker))
Francesco Piranesi (engraver (printmaker))

Title:

Views, sections, and details of Trajan's column, Rome

Date:

1775-1776

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)

Stage and Purpose:

vedute

Technique and media:

Engraving and etching

Dimensions:

sheet: 76.6 x 55.1 cm

Reference number:

DR1983:0735:001-026

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing
plan (drawing)
section
elevation (drawing)

Inscription:

inscribed - "TROFEO O SIA MAGNIFICA / COLONNA COCLIDE DIMARMO / COMPOSTA DI GROSSI MACIGNI / OVE SI VEGGONO / SCOLPITE LE DVE GVERREDACICHE / FATTE DA TRAIANO / INALZATA NEL MEZZE DEL GRAN FORO / ERETTO AL MEDESIMOIMPERADORE / PER ORDINE DEL SENATO E POPOLO ROMANO / DOPPO I SVOI TRIONFI / IL TVTTO ARCHITETTATO DA APOLLODORO / L'ISCRIZIONE CHE NEL PEIDESTALLO / DI ESSA COLONNALEGGESI / ADDITA IL TAGLIO DEI MONTI / QVIRINALE E CAPITOLINO / FATTO PER INTRODVRVI / MOLTI FABBRICHE CHE CIRCONDAVANO / ED ORNAVANO QVEL GRAN FORO"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

column (architectural element)
antique monuments

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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