Print Description
Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 79.8 x 54.6 cm (31.42 x 21.5 inch). Image size: 70.7 x 46.8 cm. (27.83 x 18.43 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.
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI, ROMAN RUINS, VEDUTE DI ROMA, MINERVA MEDICA, ITALIAN NEOCLASSICISM, ARCHITECTURAL ETCHING, 18TH-CENTURY ROME | FOLDER -XLARGE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Vedute di Roma (Rome, 1750s-1778).
State: First state (Hind 74 i/iv).
Reference: Hind 74 i/iv; Harvard Art Museums inv. 2008.312.74.
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.
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