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, Antique Master Print-TEMPIO-GIANO-JANUS-ROME-Piranesi-1756-1770, Pictura Antique Prints
, Antique Master Print-TEMPIO-GIANO-JANUS-ROME-Piranesi-1756-1770, Pictura Antique Prints
, Antique Master Print-TEMPIO-GIANO-JANUS-ROME-Piranesi-1756-1770, Pictura Antique Prints

Antique Master Print-TEMPIO-GIANO-JANUS-ROME-Piranesi-1756-1770

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€1,795.00

‘TEMPIO DETTO VOLGARMTE DI GIANO / CAVALIER PIRANESI DEL. E INC.’

– Ruins of the so-called Temple of Janus in Rome, in dramatic light and partly overgrown with vegetation. In the foreground resting figures, animals and classical fragments.

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Description

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 71 x 47.4 cm (27.95 x 18.66 inch). Image size: 66.5 x 44 cm. (26.18 x 17.32 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light scattered foxing on margins; strong impression with rich burr; full sheet. Some creasing, and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PIRANESI, GIANO, JANU TEMPLE, ROME, RUINS, ARCHITECTURE, VEDUTE DI ROMA | FOLDER -XLARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Vedute di Roma (Rome, 1750s-1778).

State: First state.

Reference: Focillon 825; Hind 96; Wilton-Ely 229.

Biography engraver: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric ‘prisons’ (Carceri d’invenzione). He was the father of Francesco Piranesi, Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi.

Additional information

Dimensions 47 × 71 × 1 cm

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