Parte angolare di antico fregio di marmo... - GiovanBattista Piranesi
ST-2406
Parte angolare di antico fregio di marmo... Beautiful etching of 1778. Measurement of the plate 38 cm x 53. It depicts one of the tables from the series entitled "Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, sarcofagi ..." GiovanBattista engraved by Piranesi. This table in particular shows a bas-relief found in the Temple of Fortuna at Palestrina, is a ship that took part in the battle of Actium between Octavian and Marcantonio (Focillon 617). The print is in good condition, with wide margins editorial, printed on laid paper with watermark "TF" (number 8 of the catalog Hind). Engraved by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Draftsman, printmaker and architect, born in Morano di Mestre October 4, 1720, died in Rome on November 9th 1778. Someone has dubbed the "Rembrandt of architecture." This artist has not only reproduced the ancient ruins of the power of Rome, but it was also one of the most authoritative archeologists of his time. It 'was a student of Scalfarotto, of Giuseppe and Domenico Valeriani, was also a student of Bibiena. He worked as a teacher and had Giuseppe Vasi with whom he had a very conflicted relationship, it seems that he wanted to kill him because of envy that the jars held him in, for example, not sufficiently taught him the secrets of etching. It is believed to have worked on the painting with Tiepolo. His first work was "Le Roman Antiquities" which was followed by numerous works. He has recorded some 2,000 branches, almost all large. Despite a great reputation and a great reputation not enriched never for very low prices of his works. He was a member of the Order of Christ and of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
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