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Veduta degli avanzi superiore delle Terme di Docleziano

Print
1774 (made)
Artist/Maker
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (artist)
Place of origin
Rome (made)

This view shows the well-preserved remains of the south wall of the interior of the Frigidarium (cold room) of Diocletian's baths. Piranesi emphasises the dramatic scale of the structure, the largest of the Imperial baths. Completed in 306 AD, it remained in use until the Goths severed the aqueducts which supplied the city in 537.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Veduta degli avanzi superiore delle Terme di Docleziano
  • View of the upper parts of the ruins of the Baths of Diocletian
Materials and techniques
Etching
Etching
Brief description
Piranesi, view of the upper parts of the ruins of the Baths of Diocletian
Physical description
Etched view of the upper parts of the ruins of the Baths of Diocletian.
Dimensions
  • Height: 47cm
  • Width: 70.2cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
Bequeathed by C.A. Ionides, 1900
Historical context
From Vedute di Roma, 1748-78, Vol.II
Places depicted
Rome (City)
Baths of Diocletian, Rome
Summary
This view shows the well-preserved remains of the south wall of the interior of the Frigidarium (cold room) of Diocletian's baths. Piranesi emphasises the dramatic scale of the structure, the largest of the Imperial baths. Completed in 306 AD, it remained in use until the Goths severed the aqueducts which supplied the city in 537.
Bibliographic references
  • Piranesi List 105
  • Focillon 833
  • Hind 115, State I
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CAI.939

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Record createdMarch 28, 2008
Record URL
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