Leaf with two performances of the Aurelian Wall. Above: face on the wall and several stone layers. Numbered top left: Attn. VIII. Numbered upper right: Fig. 1. Glossary of letters in lower margin. Below: face on the wall with an arcade and reinforcing towers. Numbered upper right: Fig. II. Explanatory letter list rechtsonder. 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; printing of two sheets in a non-cut sheet of material: paper Te
Leaf with two performances of the Aurelian Wall. Above: face on the wall and several stone layers. Numbered top left: Attn. VIII. Numbered upper right: Fig. 1. Glossary of letters in lower margin. Below: face on the wall with an arcade and reinforcing towers. Numbered upper right: Fig. II. Explanatory letter list rechtsonder. 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; printing of two sheets in a non-cut sheet of material: paper Technique: etching dimensions: plate edge: h 134 mm (above.) × W 199 mm (above.) × H 134 mm (Bottom.) × W 199 mm (Bottom.) Remarks These prints 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: ruin of a building ~ architecture city-wall arcade ~ architecture where: Aurelian wall
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