Collection of the University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
1980.15.1

The so-called Temple of Hercules at Core

circa 1769 (Date created)
September 9 1937 (Date accessioned)
Ink
Etching;Engraving
Prints
39.5 cm W x 23 cm H (Object)
26.75 in W x 19.875 in H (Paper)
21.062 in W x 15.375 in H (Platemark)
Italian
Paris, 1st edition
With the distribution of Piranesi’s Views of Rome, European artists and collectors could marvel at the grandeur of Italy’s past and include these sites on their itineraries when tourists, artists and scholars took on the Grand Tour – an important touristic endeavor almost mandatory at the time for people of culture. (Isabelle Chartier, "Shifting Ground", Fall 2017)
In Collection
Purchased from Knoedler and Co, 30 September 1937
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