Ruins of Ancient Rome
Dateca 1756
Maker
Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691/2-1765)
OriginEngland, London
MediumLine engraving and etching on laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 9 5/8 × 13 1/2in. (24.4 × 34.3cm)
Other (Plate): 7 3/8 × 11in. (18.7 × 27.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1983-219
DescriptionUpper right corner: "9"Lower margin reads: "Lower Part of Trajan's Pillar / Masoleum of Hadrian / Ruins of Ancient Rome / (Temple of Peace) / (Arch of Constantine) / The Basilica of Antonius now the Custom-house at Rome"
Lower right corner: "9"
Label TextImaginary depiction of ruins of Rome including Trajan's Column, the Mausoleum of Hadrian, the Temple of Peace, the Arch of Constantine, and the Basiclica of Antonius.
February 16, 1782
1800-1827 (compiled); some 1726
1814-1825
1750-1770
Late 19th Century
ca.1830
ca. 1765 case; ca. 1740 movement
1824-1828 (range of the entires in the album).