Etruscan tomb Tomba della Mercareccia in the necropolis at Tarquinia Monterozzi. Right is a man dressed in a cape; in the foreground indicates a woman at an entrance to a deeper ruimte. Manufacturer : printmaker Christopher Norton to drawing: Franciszek Smuglewiczopdrachtgever James ByresPlaats manufacture: printmaker: England to drawing: Italy Client: England Date: ca. 1762 - ca. 1770 Physical features: engra; proofing material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions: H 317 mm × W 475 mmToelichtingIn 1761 visited the Scottish architect and archaeologist James Byres newfound Etru
Etruscan tomb Tomba della Mercareccia in the necropolis at Tarquinia Monterozzi. Right is a man dressed in a cape; in the foreground indicates a woman at an entrance to a deeper ruimte. Manufacturer : printmaker Christopher Norton to drawing: Franciszek Smuglewiczopdrachtgever James ByresPlaats manufacture: printmaker: England to drawing: Italy Client: England Date: ca. 1762 - ca. 1770 Physical features: engra; proofing material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions: H 317 mm × W 475 mmToelichtingIn 1761 visited the Scottish architect and archaeologist James Byres newfound Etruscan tombs at Tarquinia. Byres, unconscious in the circles of Piranesi and Winckelmann, undertook the journey in the company of the young Polish artist Franciszek Smuglewicz he make the tombs commissioned drawings. These would form the basis for a deluxe edition geïllusteeerde the Etruscan tombs Byres London wanted to bring up the example of the expenses of Piranesi. Christopher Norton, a friend of Byres, engraved based on the drawings of Smuglewicz end approximately 57 coppers. The inscriptions on the issue were disappointing, the project never got off the ground and the coppers were out of the picture. Byres stated in 1805 only a few proofs to possess. The coppers surfaced long after Byres died in London and was about 70 years after their creation published in the standard Hypogaei or Sepulchar Caverns of Tarquinia, the Capital of Ancient Etruria (London, 1842). The present three engras are proofs from the emergence of time (around 1762-1770) in uncut sheets of paper, similar to that Where: Piranesi on its etching crowds. The drawings of the tombs by Smuglewicz and several other proofs of engras Nortons were part of the Polish Koninklijke collection and are now kept in the collection of the University of Warschau. Subject: historical grave forms
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