The Custom House in the Piazza di Pietra (Plate 26 of the Views of Rome)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italian, 1720–1778)
1753
Medium/TechniqueEtching, printed from two plates, one with the image and one with the inscriptions
DimensionsSheet: 55.1 x 82.3 cm (21 11/16 x 32 3/8 in.)
Platemark (main plate): 39.9 x 60.4 cm (15 11/16 x 23 3/4 in.)
Platemark (inscription plate): 4.7 x 60.7 cm (1 7/8 x 23 7/8 in.)
Platemark (main plate): 39.9 x 60.4 cm (15 11/16 x 23 3/4 in.)
Platemark (inscription plate): 4.7 x 60.7 cm (1 7/8 x 23 7/8 in.)
Credit LineAlfred Greenough Collection
Accession numberM25502
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ProvenanceAlfred Greenough, Boston (1844-1884); by bequest to his uncle, Charles Henry Parker, Boston (1816-1908); his bequest to the MFA 1909 (transferred from library; accession date January 1, 1913)
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1854–58