The Arch of Marcus Aurelius
date: label: Date
content: 1762
name: label: Artist
content: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. The arch is seen, partially in ruins, spanning a city street (the Corso, Rome). Below, the inscription: "ARCUS MARCI AURELIT IMP. EX EJUS ARCHETYPIS, EFFORMATIS ANTE QUAM / DESTRUERETUR OB AMPLIANDUM HIPPODROMUM . A, B. ANAGLYPHI QUI ASSERVAN -/ TUR IN AEDIBUS CAPITOLINIS. C. COLUMNA COCHLIODES EJUSDEM MARCI". Published in "Il Campo Marsio dell'antica Roma", pl. 36 (See 1956-15-1). Calcographia Nazionale reprint.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1959-112-1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching
label: Dimensions
content: 39.8 x 24.4 cm (plate mark), 63.0 x 45.4 cm (paper)