- Trofeo o sia magnifica colonna coclide di marmo. Rome, 1774–1779
- Curatorial Notes:
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- Coins were a pictorial field to Piranesi, a relief surface that combined textual and graphic information in a compact area. In his book about the Column of Trajan, the title page features Trajanic architecture as it appeared on ancient coinage. At the top, the emperor faces his historiated column. Below, two large sculptures of captured Dacians, Trajan’s conquered enemies, stand amid gigantic coins featuring the emperor’s monuments.
- Date:
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- 1775-1776
- Format:
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- Book
- Extent:
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- 28 pl. (part double, part fold.; incl. plans) ; 80 cm.
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- [s.l. : s.n., 1775-1776?]
- Language:
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- Italian
- Subject:
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- Trajan, Emperor of Rome, 53-117—Monuments
- Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180—Monuments
- Antonius Pius, Emperor of Rome, 86-161—Monuments
- Rome (City) Colonna Antonina
- Rome (City) Colonna Trajana
- Author:
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- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
- Contributor:
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- Piranesi, Francesco, 1756-1810
- References:
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- F. Vinton, Subject-catalogue of the Library of College of New Jersey, (1884), p. 623, col. 1, shelf mark "Cabinet 3.18.1"
- Description:
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- Colonna di Trajano (Focillon 551-573): pencil-numbered plates 1-21.
- Colonna Antonina (Focillon 574 -582): according to Robison, these are pencil-numbered plates 22-28, in which pl. 26 is misbound after pencil-numbered plate 16.
- Credit line:
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- Rare Books, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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- Identifier:
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- ark:/88435/6w924n31t