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
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Mogliano, Treviso, Italy, 1720–Rome, Italy, 1778)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Date1756
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 20 13/16 × 27 5/16 in. (52.8 × 69.4 cm)
Additional Dimension: 14 3/4 × 20 5/8 in. (37.5 × 52.4 cm)
Additional Dimension: 14 3/4 × 20 5/8 in. (37.5 × 52.4 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Alvin Romansky, 1991.66.7
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1991.66.7/40
On View
Not on viewThe larger inscription commemorates the building of the bridge by Lucius Fabricius in his capacity as Superintendent of Streets. The smaller inscription records that the consuls Quintus Lepidus and Marcus Lollius had inspected the work and approved it, possibly after repairs following a huge flood in 23 B.C.
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