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Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :Galleria grande di statue, la cui struttura e con archi e col lume preso dall' alto. Ella resta nel mezzo di due ampli cortili, e ad essa si ascende per mezzo di magnifiche scale. ... Gio. Batt.a Piranesi Archit. Veneto inv. ed incise in Roma. [1743]
- Date
- 1743
- By
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
- Reference
- C-091-057
- Description
An imaginative reconstruction of the interior of an ancient Roman museumfor sculptures, with stairs in the foreground leading to the main gallery
Focillon 3
Other Titles - Large gallery for statues, with a structure of arches and light coming from on high. It sits between two broad courtyards reached by a magnificent flight of stairs. There are ancient bas-relief statues, inscriptions, tombs and other ornaments [translation]
Extended Title - From La prima parte di architetture e prospettive. 1743
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Etching, 377 x 252 mm on sheet 547 x 384 mm
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :[Etchings from La prima parte di architteture e prospettive (1743), I grotteschi (ca 1747), Le vedute di Roma (1745-1778), I carceri (1760-1761)] / Giovanni Battista Piranesi inven. et incis. [Rome : G B Piranesi, mid-1760s to early 1770s]
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Etchings, Etching, 377 x 252 mm on sheet 547 x 384 mm
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Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778. Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :Galleria grande di statue, la cui struttura e con archi e col lume preso dall' alto. Ella resta nel mezzo di due ampli cortili, e ad essa si ascende per mezzo di magnifiche scale. ... Gio. Batt.a Piranesi Archit. Veneto inv. ed incise in Roma. [1743]. Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :[Etchings from La prima parte di architteture e prospettive (1743), I grotteschi (ca 1747), Le vedute di Roma (1745-1778), I carceri (1760-1761)] / Giovanni Battista Piranesi inven. et incis. [Rome : G B Piranesi, mid-1760s to early 1770s]. Ref: C-091-057. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22695977More information can be found in our terms of use.