Plan of the Museum of Portici, depicting the armoires that contain the objects found at Pompeii and Herculanum in the year 1770, from "Antiquités de la Grande Grèce, [...] Contenant les Usages civils, militaires et religieux" [...] (Antiquities of the Great Greece [...] Containing the civic, military and religious wares), volume 1, plate A

Francesco Piranesi · 1806

Francesco Piranesi: Documented works 1778–1787 (not lifespan)

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Plan of the Museum of Portici, depicting the armoires that contain the objects found at Pompeii and Herculanum in the year 1770, from "Antiquités de la Grande Grèce, [...] Contenant les Usages civils, militaires et religieux" [...] (Antiquities of the Great Greece [...] Containing the civic, military and religious wares), volume 1, plate A

1806

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 7/8 x 31 11/16 in. (55.5 x 80.5 cm) Plate: 23 1/16 x 18 1/2 in. (58.5 x 47 cm) printed horizontally
Collection no.: 41.71.1.26(2)
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Plan of the Museum of Portici, depicting the armoires that contain the objects found at Pompeii and Herculanum in the year 1770, from "Antiquités de la Grande Grèce, [...] Contenant les Usages civils, militaires et religieux" [...] (Antiquities of the Great Greece [...] Containing the civic, military and religious wares), volume 1, plate A — Francesco Piranesi. 1806.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 21 7/8 x 31 11/16 in. (55.5 x 80.5 cm) Plate: 23 1/16 x 18 1/2 in. (58.5 x 47 cm) printed horizontally.

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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