Null D'après Giovanni Battista PIRANESI (1720-1778)
Animated ruins
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D'après Giovanni Battista PIRANESI (1720-1778) Animated ruins Black engraving 45 x 58 cm

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D'après Giovanni Battista PIRANESI (1720-1778) Animated ruins Black engraving 45 x 58 cm

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Piranesi, Giovanni Battista 1720 Mogliano - 1778 Rome. Etching. 'Veduta interna del Pronao del Panteon'. Inside of the Pantheon. (Fold in the center). In the pl. bet. Inscribed Piranesi u.r. 39 x 53.5 cm. (72 x 87 cm). Pass. R. Lit.: 11.

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F. PIRANESI (1758) after PIRANESI (1720), Atrium der Surgeon's House, Pompeji, 1805, Etching Francesco Piranesi (1758 Rom - 1810 Paris) after Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Mogliano Veneto - 1778 Venice): Atrium of the Casa del Chirurgo, Pompeii, landscape of ruins in ruined Pompeii with figures, 1805, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Dessiné par J. B. Piranesi / Gravé par F. Piranesi L'an 13/1805". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Vue de la Cour ou Cavedium Corinthien de la maison la plus remarquable après celle du Chirurgien indiquée [...]". Date: 1805 Description: View of the ruins of the Casa del Chirurgo in Pompeii. Two figures of shepherds with sheep are depicted in the foreground, adding to the grandeur of the site and emphasising the transience of human creativity. Source: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Mogliano Veneto-1778 Venice) Antiquités de Pompeïa, 1804/1835 | print suite, Mythology, Architecture Keywords: Antiquity; ruins; columns; vegetation; engraving; art history; decay; archaeology; transience; perspective; sky; clouds; figures; animal; tree; light and shadow; contrast; tranquillity; history; sublimity;, 19th century, Classicism, Architecture, Italy, Pompeii (Campanian), Size: Paper: 65,0 cm x 94,0 cm (25,6 x 37 in), Plate: 51,5 cm x 72,9 cm (20,3 x 28,7 in), Depiction: 47,3 cm x 71,4 cm (18,6 x 28,1 in)

Starting price 600 EUR

F. PIRANESI (1758) after PIRANESI (1720), Street at the entrance to Pompeii, 1804, Etching Francesco Piranesi (1758 Rom - 1810 Paris) after Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Mogliano Veneto - 1778 Venice): Street at the entrance to Pompeii near the surgeon's house Landscape of ruins in destroyed Pompeii with figures, 1804, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Dessiné par J. B. Piranesi / Gravé par F. Piranesi L'an 12/1804". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Vue de toutes les Boutiques de droite et de gauche [...]". Date: 1804 Description: The graphic shows an ancient street in the ruins of Pompeii, flanked by the ruins of columns and the remains of buildings and commercial premises. Individual figures move on the stones, immersed in the silence of past splendour. Source: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Mogliano Veneto-1778 Venice) Antiquités de Pompeïa, 1804/1835 | print suite, Mythology, Architecture Keywords: graphics; antiquity; street; column ruins; building remains; figures; stones; past; stillness; splendour; art history; architecture; ruins; historical; representation; depth perspective; attention to detail; cultural heritage, 19th century, Classicism, Architecture, Italy, Pompeii (Campanian), Size: Paper: 49,2 cm x 80,6 cm (19,4 x 31,7 in), Plate: 43,3 cm x 74,0 cm (17 x 29,1 in), Depiction: 38,4 cm x 70,0 cm (15,1 x 27,6 in)

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