Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
Italian, 1720-1778
Piranesi was born in Venice in 1720 and died in Rome in 1778. He was the son of a stone mason and was trained as an architect. After a slow start he eventually achieved great success as an architect, archaeologist, artist, designer, collector, and antiquities dealer. His mission was to glorify the architecture of ancient Rome through his engravings and etchings. His highly dramatized prints often depict imaginary interiors and frequently include figures in mysterious activities, who are dwarfed by the magnitude of their monumental surroundings.
Piranesi's style greatly influenced the neoclassical art movement of the late 18th century. His dramatic scenes inspired generations of set designers, as well as artists, architects and writers. His prints have continued to increase in value to institutions and collectors.(Biography provided by Timeless Intaglio)
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Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Candelabro ornato con diversi arabeschi... Etching 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Candelabrum base ornamented with various arabesques
Artist proof, printed on contemporary watermarked paper, wide margins, representing a “candelabrum base ornamented with various arabesques” in P.ce Lanti, Roma. Etching with good contrasts and sharp details.Signed on plate “Cavalier Piranesi F..” on lower-left margin. Good conditions, with usual fold, some foxing and little holes in higher margin due to the binding of the volume “Vases and Candelabras...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Prospetto della medesima Sedia Curale, Veduta della parte... - Etching 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Another front view of the same chair / Rear view of the same chair.
Artist proof, printed on contemporary watermarkedpaper, wide margins, representing the same chair in front and re...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Veduta della Piazza della Rotonda - Early Lifetime Impression
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
The Piazza della Rotonda, with the Pantheon and Obelisk. Etching on fine watermarked paper. Signed on plate on lower-left margin "Piranesi del. Sc." and with the address of Bouchard...
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1740s Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Prospetto della medesima sedia Curule... - Etching 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Another front view of the same chair + Cinerary urn in marble
Artist proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, wide margins. Two Piranesi’s Etching on the same sheet, with good cont...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Veduta per Angolo dello stesso Candelabro - Etching - 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Another view of the same Candelabrum
Artist proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, wide margins, showing a precious candelabrum. Etching with good contrasts and sharp details. In...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Obelisco Egizio (Egyptian Obelisk) from Vedute di Roma Etching by Piranesi
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in New York, NY
Obelisco Egizio from "Vedute di Roma" by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
2nd Roman state, 1759-1778. Etching on laid paper with a watermark of a Fleur-de-L...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Paper
Monumento antico ritrovato fra le rovine di un Sepolcro sulla Via Appia - 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Antique monument found in a tomb on the Via Appia
Artist proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, wide margins, representing an “antique monument found in ...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Avanzi di Antiche Terme in Albano denominate Cello Mano - by G. B. Piranesi
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions 40.5x60.5 cm.
Ancient Baths in Albano called Cello Majo is an etching, drypoint and burin on laid and watermarked paper (lily in a double cercle).
Wonderful Specimen of a Roman antique edition. From the series of Piranesi’s etchings “Antichità di Albano e di Castel Gandolfo...
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1760s Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Veduta degli Avanzi sopra terra dell'antico Ustrino - Etching by G. B. Piranesi
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions 40x60.
Veduta degli Avanzi sopra terra dell’antico Ustrino (View of the visible remains of the ancient crematorium) is a wonderful black and white etching on thick...
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1750s Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Vaso Cinerario di Gran Mole
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's proof, printed on antique laid paper, large margins, representing an antique marble vase, whose details are described in the ending note....
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1770s Old Masters Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Sezione per il Luogo della Nave - Etching by G.B. Piranesi - 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Section for the place of the boat.
Wonderful proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, wide margins, representing a “section for the place of the boat”. Etching with good contrasts ...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Veduta Della Gran Curia Innocenziana from Vedute di Roma, 1752
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in San Francisco, CA
This exceptional mid-18th century etching by Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Piranesi (b. 1720-1778) is titled “Veduta della Gran Curia Innocenziana” (“View of the Palazzo di Montecitorio”). It is from Piranesi’s Vedute di Roma...
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1750s Realist Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Vasi Antichi - Etching by G.B. Piranesi - 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Antique Vases
Artist proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, wide margins, representing two antique vases, whom details are in the captures. Etching with good contrasts and sharp ...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Veduta del Ponte Lugano sull'Anione - Etching by G. B. Piranesi
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions 45x65.6.
Veduta del Ponte Lugano su l'Anione is a superb black and white etching on laid paper realized by Giovan Battista Piranesi....
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1740s Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Vaso antico di marmo adornato di finissimi intagli ed arabeschi - Etching 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Marble vase with frieze of arabesques.
Artist proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, wide margins, representing “an antique marble vase frieze of arab...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Vaso Antico di marmo di gran mole... - Etching - 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Large antique marble vase in S. Cecilia in Trastevere
Artist proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, wide margins, representing an antique marbl...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Vari Candelabri, un Vaso e Due Urne Cinerarie - Etching - 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Three candelabra, a vase and two cinerary urns.
Artist proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, wide margins, from the serie “Vases and Candelabras...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Due Urne Cinerarie - Etching - 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Two cinerary Urns
Artist proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, wide margins, representing “two cinerary urns”. Etching with good contrasts and sharp details, with a dedication to “Signor Giovanni Corbet, Cavaliere inglese”. Signed on plate “Cavalier Piranesi F..” in lower left margin. Very good conditions, with normal fold, left margin lightly damaged, and little holes in higher margin due to the binding of the volume “Vases and Candelabras...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Tripode antico di marmo che si conserva nel Museo Capitolino - Etching 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
English Title: Ancient Tripod Store in the Capitoline Museums...
Artist proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, wide margins, representing a “tripod from Villa lanti, Gianicolo (Rome)”. Etching with strong contrasts and sharp details. with a dedication to “Cavaliere Edward Walter”. Signed on plate "Cavalier Piranesi del. e inc.". Good condition, lightly worn paper, normal folds and little holes on higher margin due to the binding of the volume “Vases and Candelabras...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Sepolcro dè tre fratelli Curazj in Albano - Etching by G. B. Piranesi
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 39.8x60.4 cm.
Sepolcro de’ tre fratelli Curazj in Albano (Tomb of the three brothers Curazj in Albano) is a wonderful etching on thick laid paper with watermark (a...
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1750s Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Obelisco Egizio (Egyptian Obelisk) - Etching by G. B. Piranesi
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Obelisco Egizio (The Egyptian Obelisk in the Piazza di S. Giovanni), erected by Pope Sixtus V, is a wonderful black and white etching on fine laid and watermarked paper (with a lily inside a double circle, watermark n. 3 according to Hind) realized by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
Signed on plate on the lower right margin "Piranesi Architetto fec." and with the address and price at lower left. Hind 53, second state of five. A lifetime Roman impression, before the Paris editions.
Excellent condition, with central fold, as issued, visible only on the left margin.
From one of the most important series of etchings by G.B. Piranesi, Views of Rome drawn and etched by Giambattista Piranesi...
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1750s Old Masters Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Vaso antico che si vede nella Villa di Sua Eminenza Card. Alessandro Albani
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's proof, printed on antique watermarked paper, wide margins, representing an “antique vase in the Villa Albani” as pointed out in the higher note. ...
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1770s Old Masters Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Veduta del Porto di Ripa Grande - View of the Port of Ripa Grande - 1753
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
G. B. Piranesi, Veduta del Porto di Ripa Grande (View of the port of Ripa Grande)
Etching, Burin and Drypoint on fine watermarked paper (with lily watermarked). Signed on plate lower-right: “G.B. Piranesi Architetto fec.”.
2nd State/ VI (Hind 27)
Image Dim: cm 38.2 x 61.5, Dim: 53.3 x 77.3.
Good conditions, with some normal fold of paper at the center
From one of the most important series of etchings by G.B. Piranesi, ”Views of Rome drawn and etched by Giambattista Piranesi...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Rovine del Tempio de' Castori nella città di Cora - Etching by G. B. Piranesi
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions 40.6x56.8.
Belongs to the Collection "Antiquities of Cori, described and etched by Giovambat Piranesi", and printed in 1764.
Beautiful first roman edition/1st state ...
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1760s Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
A Sue Eccellenza il Signor Henry Hope - Gruppo di Cariatidi - 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Group of Caryatids with the dedication to Henry Hope
Artist proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, wide margins, representing a “group of caryatids” found in Vigna Strozzi", Rome...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Vaso antico di marmo, che si conosceva nella Galleria... - Etching 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
English Title (short version): Antique marble vase in the Gallery of the Palazzo Barberini
Artist proof, printed on contemporary paper, large marg...
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18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Vaso antico di marmo, che si conosceva nella Galleria del Palazzo
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's proof, printed on antique laid paper, large margins, representing an “antique marble vase in the gallery of the palazzo Barberini” as he r...
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1770s Old Masters Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Altra veduta del medesimo in prospettiva - Etching by G.B. Piranesi - 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Complete name : Altra veduta del medesimo in prospettiva, fra una lampada e un piccolo vaso in bronzo
Artist proof, with a good contrast and sharp details, printed on contemporary la...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Pair of Antique Architectural Etchings: Ornamental Frieze & Ancient Candelabra
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Denver, CO
Collection of two 19th century Neoclassical black and white etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi housed in gold frames. Left: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Ornamental Frieze, 19th ce...
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19th Century Rococo Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Veduta in Prospettiva d'un Antico Vaso Cinerario di Marmo
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
The same urn, in perspective
Beautiful artist proof, printed on antique laid paper, large margins, showing a precious urn. Etching with good contrasts and sharp details, signed on pl...
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1770s Old Masters Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Tre Vasi - Etching by G.B. Piranesi - 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's proof, printed on antique watermarked paper, with wide margins, representing three antique vases. Etching with good contrasts and sharp details, dedicated to “Miledi Maria Fox”. Previous edition than the one shown by Ficacci’s catalogue, without signature and with some notes. Good conditions, lightly worn paper, normal folds, right side damaged and little holes on higher margin due to the binding of the volume “Vases and Candelabras...
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1770s Old Masters Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
The Giant Wheel (Carceri IX), (2nd State)
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a second state impression from three states.
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Engraving, Etching
Vaso Cinerario di Gran Mole, etching from "Vases, Candelabras, Grave, Stones..."
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Well-knowned as an architect and an archaeologist, undoubtedly Giovanni Battista Piranesi, is the most important engraver of the 18th century: the leading artist in this field in the...
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1770s Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Engraving, Etching
Profilo d'una Sedia Curule di Marmo
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Etching of the serie “Vases, candelabras, gravestones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments”, made and etched by Piranesi, published in the year 1778 by his son Francesco. Very fine etching, “Profile of the curial chair...
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1770s Old Masters Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
The Basilica of Constantine
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Chicago, IL
A very fine impression of the 3rd State, still with the address and price which were eliminated in the following 4th state. The presence of the address and price confirms that this ...
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18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Altra veduta del medesimo in prospettiva...
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Title : Altra veduta del medesimo in prospettiva, fra una lampada e un piccolo vaso in bronzo
Artist proof, with a good contrast and sharp details, printed on antique laid paper, lar...
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1770s Old Masters Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Drypoint
Dimostrazioni dell'Emissario del Lago Albano - Original Etching by G.B. Piranesi
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
G.B. Piranesi, Dimostrazioni dell’Emissario del Lago Albano, Illustrations of the Emissarium of Lake Albano
Etching, Drypoint, Burin on laid paper. Signed on...
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18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Drypoint
Antiche urne cinerarie e lampade
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
From the Piranesi's series “Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi pubblicati l’anno MDCCLXXIIX” (1778). Antiche urne cinerarie e lampade" is an artist proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, large margins, representing antique marble cinerary urns - “found into antique graves...
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1770s Old Masters Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzo - Etching by G.B. Piranesi - 1774
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzo is a very big dimensions etching and burin with fresh impression on paper, realized around 1774 by Giovan Battista Piranesi.
It is realized on three joined sheets of thick laid paper.
In very good condition except for some signs of the time and a usual and diffused yellowing of the paper and usual folds of the paper.
Engraved title in Italian: (Plan of Rome and the Campus Martius).
Dedication: To Clement XIIII Pontifex Maximus Patron of the Fine Arts, G.B. Piranesi Architect.
The plates are still preserved at the Calcografia dell’Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica in Rome, in the order specified by the Calcographie Piranesi in the Paris editions, following the first title page of Tomo I of the Vedute di Roma, marked by the numbers 683-685.
The dating
The dating of the work is complex: In the 1792 the Francesco Piranesi's catalog, son of the author, assigned the artwork to 1778, a date which, although very late - the author dies. Really on November 9 of that year - is accepted by Focillon and Hind. This dating, however, is certainly based on an error, because in the Warning at the top of the map, the author refers to the "approval" that designed to show the Sanctity of N. Mister Pope CLEMENT XIV happily reigning", for which the work can not be later than 1774. In support of this dating, it is a sample of the Catalog of Works, described by Scott, which contains three handwritten entries for three Views of Rome dating back to 1774, and indicates that the map was already available.
Thus the most likely date for this plan is c. 1774, on the basis of the dedication to the ruling pope, who died in September that year, and because it is mentioned for the first time in a state of the Catalogo inciso, itself datable to 1774, as being included in the collection of the Vedute di Roma. The numbers positioned in front of the monuments in the 4 columns of indices under the plan refer to the main sites illustrated in the Antichità Romane, Della Magnificenza, Campo Marzio.
"Plan of Rome and Campo Marzo"
The "Plan of Rome and Campo Marzo" belongs to the peak of Piranesi's career. Born from the need to offer a reference plant that accompanied the more than 100 tables...
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1770s Old Masters Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Teatro di Marcello from Antichita Romane
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in San Francisco, CA
Title: Teatro di Marcello
Full Title: Sezione di uno de Cunei di Teatro di Marcello
From: Antichita Romane Tom. IV
Plate: XXIX
Year: 1756
Medium: Engraving
Plate size: 17.5 x 33.5 inches. (44.5 x 85.1 cm)
Sheet size: 21 x 45.25 inches (53.3 x 114.9 cm)
Matted Size: 22.25 x 46.25 inches (64.1 x 117.5 cm)
Paper: on heavy laid paper. Bears fleur de lys in double circle watermark
Published: Bouchard & Gravier, Rome, 1756 or a later Roman edition, 1784
Condition: Very good
This large architectural print...
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Late 18th Century Other Art Style Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching, Paper
Altare antico di marmo ritrovato fra le macerie della Villa Adriana - 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Marble Altar Found in Hadrian’s Villa
Artist proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, wide margins, representing an “antique marble Altar found in Hadri...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
Vaso di marmo antico che si vede nel Museo Capitolino - Etching 1778
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Antique marble Vase in the Capitoline Museum...
Artist proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, wide margins, representing an “antique marble vase in the Capitoline Museum”, as the beginning note explains. Etching with good contrasts and sharp detail. Signed on plate “Cavalier Piranesi del. ed inc...” on lower-left margin. With dedication to “Signor Roberto Udny, Cavaliere Inglese”. Very good conditions, with normal fold and little holes on higher margin due to the binding of the volume of the serie “Vases and Candelabras...
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Late 18th Century Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina (Veduta del Tempio di Antonio e Faustina)
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a 3rd state impression (from seven). This impression includes the address of the artist and the price that he was charging at the time, which were removed from the plate in ...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Giovanni Battista Piranesi Art
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Etching
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