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Plan of the remains of the Portico of Octavia...[With elevation of exterior facade, section of foundations and other information]

Artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, October 4, 1720–November 9, 1778)
Title Plan of the remains of the Portico of Octavia...[With elevation of exterior facade, section of foundations and other information] (Pianta degli avanzi del portico d'Ottavia)
Plate Number Plate 39
Series Roman Antiquities (volume 4)
Date 1756–1757
Medium Etching on paper
Dimensions Image: 15 5/8 × 23 5/8 in. (39.7 × 60 cm)
Plate: 15 13/16 × 23 13/16 in. (40.2 × 60.5 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/8 × 28 7/8 in. (56.2 × 73.3 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Edwin S. & Sue Ramage, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 2013.178

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Publisher Angelo Rotili
Plate Number Plate 39
Series Title Roman Antiquities (volume 4)
Foreign Language Series Title Le Antichità Romane (tome IV)

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