Various Roman Ionic capitals compared with Greek examples from Le Roy [S. Maria in Trastevere, S. Paoplo fuori le Mura, S. Clemente, etc.], from Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de'Romani (On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans by Gio. Battista Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of London), tab. 20
Catalogue
- Year
- 1735
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- Plate: 15 3/4 x 23 9/16 in. (40 x 59.8 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist
Painting
Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons". He was the father of Francesco Piranesi, Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi.
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1800 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing
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1800 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing
The Pier with a Lamp
1780 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing [date should be read as "published 1780s"]
The Drawbridge
1780 · etching, engraving, scratching [date should be read as "published 1780s"]
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- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
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- Reference
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- Status
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