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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]
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]

Primary (Mogliano, Treviso, Italy, 1720–Rome, Italy, 1778)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Date1756
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 20 13/16 × 27 3/8 in. (52.8 × 69.6 cm)
Additional Dimension: 14 3/4 × 20 9/16 in. (37.5 × 52.2 cm)
Image: 13 5/16 × 20 1/4 in. (33.8 × 51.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Alvin Romansky, 1991.66.10
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1991.66.10/40
On View
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Label Text
This print shows sections of the bridge piers, indicating also the different water levels according to the seasons. Piranesi notes that the consuls who executed the repairs buttressed the bridge piers and reinforced the frontage area (M).
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