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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Ancient Altar on which sacrifices were performed in antiquity, surrounded by other ruins (Ara antica sopra la quale si facevano anticamente i sagrifizi, con altre ruine all'intorno), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Ancient Altar on which sacrifices were performed in antiquity, surrounded by other ruins (Ara antica sopra la quale si facevano anticamente i sagrifizi, con altre ruine all'intorno), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

ca. 1750

Current Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Medium
Etching
Dimensions
24.2 × 34.9 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-402105

Provenance

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937

Registry history

  • ca. 1750 — Recorded in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art — prints

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