Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Substructure of the Temple of Claudius at the Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo (former called the Curia Hostilia)(Veduta del piano superiore del Serraglio delle fiere fabbricato da Domiziano a uso dell'Anfiteatro Flavio e volgarmente detto la Curia Ostilia)

ca. 1757

Dating
Approximate date range
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Etching
Collection no.
59.570.409
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Substructure of the Temple of Claudius at the Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo (former called the Curia Hostilia)(Veduta del piano superiore del Serraglio delle fiere fabbricato da Domiziano a uso dell'Anfiteatro Flavio e volgarmente detto la Curia Ostilia) — Giovanni Battista Piranesi. ca. 1757.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: .

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

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959.

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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