Pianta degli avanzi del Portico d'Ottavia [Plan of the remains of the Portico of Octavia], plate XXXIX from Volume IV of Le Antichità Romane [Roman Antiquities]
Primary
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Mogliano, Treviso, Italy, 1720–Rome, Italy, 1778)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Date1756
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 20 13/16 × 27 3/16 in. (52.8 × 69.1 cm)
Additional Dimension: 15 7/8 × 23 11/16 in. (40.3 × 60.2 cm)
Image: 15 9/16 × 23 1/2 in. (39.6 × 59.7 cm)
Additional Dimension: 15 7/8 × 23 11/16 in. (40.3 × 60.2 cm)
Image: 15 9/16 × 23 1/2 in. (39.6 × 59.7 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Alvin Romansky, 1991.66.24
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1991.66.24/40
On View
Not on viewThe Portico of Octavia (27-25 B.C.) was dedicated in the name of Octavia, sister of Augustus. It replaced an older portico enclosing the Temple of Jupiter Stator (131 B.C.) and the Temple of Juno Regina (179 B.C.). The complex also included a library and a school, and was enriched with a collection of Greek statuary and painting.
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