Fragments of painted walls of the Pyramid of Cestius in Rome. Explanatory list of letters in lower margin. Numbered top right: Tom. III. / XLV. Manufacturer : printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (listed building) in its design: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (listed property) Place manufacture: Rome Date: ca. 1756 - ca. 1757 Physical features: etching material: paper Technique: etching Dimensions: plate edge : h 509 mm (above.) b × 392 mm (above.) × h 49 mm (Bottom). b × 395 mm (Bottom.) Notes This print is a part of the series 'Le Antichità Romane'. Piranesi did more than eight years to study t
Fragments of painted walls of the Pyramid of Cestius in Rome. Explanatory list of letters in lower margin. Numbered top right: Tom. III. / XLV. Manufacturer : printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (listed building) in its design: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (listed property) Place manufacture: Rome Date: ca. 1756 - ca. 1757 Physical features: etching material: paper Technique: etching Dimensions: plate edge : h 509 mm (above.) b × 392 mm (above.) × h 49 mm (Bottom). b × 395 mm (Bottom.) Notes This print is a part of the series 'Le Antichità Romane'. Piranesi did more than eight years to study these 250 plates story series that was published in four volumes. He produced the prints from about 1756 to 1757. The series also includes prints by or to other printmakers, among Who: Francesco Bianchini and Girolamo Rossi. Subject: painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting) ruin of a building ~ architecture where : Pyramid of CestiusRome
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