Veduta dell Arco di Tito (Arch of Titus), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)
1760
18th Century
16 x 24 1/2 in. (40.6 x 62.2 cm)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi,
Italian,
(1720–1778)
Object Type:
PRINTS
Creation Place:
Europe, Italy
Medium and Support:
Etching
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Helen North in Honor of the Retirement of Caroline Wistar
Accession Number:
06-G-3328
The Arch of Titus is a marble triumphal arch with a single arched opening, located just to the south-east of the Roman Forum. Emperor Domitian constructed it shortly after the death of this brother, Titus (AD41-79/81). The arch commemorates the capture and sack of Jerusalem in AD 70, which effectively terminated the Jewish war begun in 66 AD. The Arch of Titus provided a model of many of the triumphal arches erected since the sixteenth century.
Current Location:
In Storage
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