18-1/8 x 26-1/8 in. (plate) 19-7/8 x 28-3/8 in. (sheet)
Signed, l.r.: Piranesi F. Blindstamp, l.r.: REGIA CALCOGRAFIA DI ROMA Inscribed, l.l.: Si vende presso l'autore
Bequest of Mrs. Lucius B. Swift
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
A triumph of Roman engineering, for 2000 years this five-arched bridge has carried traffic across the Aniene, a tributary of the Tibur, on the road from Rome to Tivoli.
The bridge owes its name to the mausoleum at its far end built by Plautius Lucanus for his family. It, in turn, owes its preservation to its adaptation into a fortress in use until the late fifteenth century and the reign of Pope Paul V whose coat-of-arms adorns the battlements.
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