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Image Not Available for Spaccato di uno degli Archi di mezzo del Ponte d'Elio Adriano [Vertical section of one of the arches in the middle of the Bridge of Hadrian], plate XI from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Spaccato di uno degli Archi di mezzo del Ponte d'Elio Adriano [Vertical section of one of the arches in the middle of the Bridge of Hadrian], plate XI from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Image Not Available for Spaccato di uno degli Archi di mezzo del Ponte d'Elio Adriano [Vertical section of one of the arches in the middle of the Bridge of Hadrian], plate XI from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]

Spaccato di uno degli Archi di mezzo del Ponte d'Elio Adriano [Vertical section of one of the arches in the middle of the Bridge of Hadrian], plate XI from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]

Primary (Mogliano, Treviso, Italy, 1720–Rome, Italy, 1778)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Date1756
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 20 13/16 × 27 1/4 in. (52.8 × 69.2 cm)
Additional Dimension: 15 1/2 × 18 5/8 in. (39.4 × 47.3 cm)
Image: 14 × 18 7/16 in. (35.6 × 46.8 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Alvin Romansky, 1991.66.4
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1991.66.4/40
On View
Not on view
Label Text
The bridge was built by the Emperor Hadrian in connection with his Mausoleum. It has three main arches. Before the canalization of the Tiber in the nineteenth century, three smaller arches connected it to the left bank, while two arches joined it to the right bank. It was made of travertine on the exterior, peperino on the interior. Completed in 134 A.D., it stood undamaged until 1450 when the parapets collapsed during a gathering of pilgrims. Pope Clement VII added the statues of Saints Peter and Paul in 1527, and Pope Clement IX added the series of angels by Bernini in 1669-71. In order to reduce water resistance, the bases of the piers are pointed where they meet the current to form cutwaters. This print shows one of the bridge piers in detail. (C: pier; D: buttress; E: ancient river bed; F: current river bed; G: foundation; I: Roman concrete, consisting of lime and pozzolana; O: lower buttress; P: upper buttress; Q: margin space).
Exhibitions
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Spaccato degli Speroni, i quali servono di contrafforti al gran Fondamento del Maus. d'Elio Adriano [Vertical section of the buttresses which counterbalance the massive foundations of the Mausoleum of Hadrian], plate VII from Volume IV of Le Antichità Rom
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756
Image Not Available for Spaccato del Ponte Fabrizio, detto dè quattro Capi [Vertical Section of the Bridge of Fabricius, called the Ponte dei Quattro Capi (Bridge of the Four Heads)], plate XIX from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Spaccato del Ponte Fabrizio, detto dè quattro Capi [Vertical Section of the Bridge of Fabricius, called the Ponte dei Quattro Capi (Bridge of the Four Heads)], plate XIX from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756
Image Not Available for Spaccato del Ponte Fabricio oggi detto Quattro Capi... [Vertical Section of the Bridge of Fabricius, today called the Ponte dei Quattro Capi (Bridge of the Four Heads)], plate XX from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Spaccato del Ponte Fabricio oggi detto Quattro Capi... [Vertical Section of the Bridge of Fabricius, today called the Ponte dei Quattro Capi (Bridge of the Four Heads)], plate XX from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Spaccato del Ponte Ferrato...[Vertical section of the Ponte Ferrato...], plate XXIV from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Pianta dell' Avanzo del Mausoleo di Adriano Imp...[Plan of the Remains of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian...], plate V from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756
Image Not Available for Sezione di uno de' cunei del Teatro di Marcello corrispondente colle vie de' Senatori [Section of one of the banks of seats in the Theater of Marcellus facing the Via De' Senatori], plate XXX from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Sezione di uno de' cunei del Teatro di Marcello corrispondente colle vie de' Senatori [Section of one of the banks of seats in the Theater of Marcellus facing the Via De' Senatori], plate XXX from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756
Image Not Available for Sezione di uno de' Cunei del Teatro di Marcello [Section of one of the banks of seats in the Theater of Marcellus], plate XXIX from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiqities]
Sezione di uno de' Cunei del Teatro di Marcello [Section of one of the banks of seats in the Theater of Marcellus], plate XXIX from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiqities]
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756
Veduta dell' avanzo di una delle Pile del Ponte Trionfale...[View of the remains of one of the supports of the Ponte Trionfale (Triumphal Bridge)], plate XIII from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Veduta dell' avanzo di una delle Pile del Ponte Trionfale...[View of the remains of one of the supports of the Ponte Trionfale (Triumphal Bridge)], plate XIII from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756
Image Not Available for Veduta di uno de' fianchi della facciata del portico di Ottavia [View of one of the sides of the façade of the Portico of Octavia], plate XLI from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Veduta di uno de' fianchi della facciata del portico di Ottavia [View of one of the sides of the façade of the Portico of Octavia], plate XLI from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756
Image Not Available for Inscrizione incisa ne' Cunei d'uno dei grand' Archi del Ponte Fabricio (oggi detto de' Quattro Capi) dalla parte accanto al Teatro di Marcello...[Inscription incised on the voussoir blocks of the large arches of the Bridge of Fabricius (today called the P
Inscrizione incisa ne' Cunei d'uno dei grand' Archi del Ponte Fabricio (oggi detto de' Quattro Capi) dalla parte accanto al Teatro di Marcello...[Inscription incised on the voussoir blocks of the large arches of the Bridge of Fabricius (today called the P
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756
Image Not Available for Spaccato del Mausoleo di Ottaviano Augusto...[Section of the Mausoleum of Augustus...], plate LXII from Volume II Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Spaccato del Mausoleo di Ottaviano Augusto...[Section of the Mausoleum of Augustus...], plate LXII from Volume II Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
circa 1756
Image Not Available for Pianta del Ponte Ferrato detto dagl' Antiquari Cestio...[Plan of the Ponte Ferrato, called the Bridge of Cestius by antiquarians...], plate XXII from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Pianta del Ponte Ferrato detto dagl' Antiquari Cestio...[Plan of the Ponte Ferrato, called the Bridge of Cestius by antiquarians...], plate XXII from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756