Dimostrazione in grande della modinatura della cornice della parte opposta della facciata del Portico d'Ottavia [Reconstruction of the details of the molding on the cornice of the rear façade of the Portico of Octavia], plate XLIV from Volume IV of Le Ant
Primary
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)
Image: 15 × 9 7/8 in. (38.1 × 25.1 cm)
Additional Dimension: 16 1/16 × 10 1/4 in. (40.8 × 26 cm)
Image: 15 × 9 7/8 in. (38.1 × 25.1 cm)
Additional Dimension: 16 1/16 × 10 1/4 in. (40.8 × 26 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Alvin Romansky, 1991.66.29
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1991.66.29/40A
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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