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279 - PIRANES (Giovanni Battista). Urbis Aeternae Vestigia. Frontispiece from the first volume of *Antichità Romane*. [Rome], [], [1756]. Large copperplate etching, approx. 46.5 x 68 cm (image size), 72.5 x 52.5 cm (overall size). Waterstains. Framed, with a mat (glass broken with gaps).
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PIRANES (Giovanni Battista). Urbis Aeternae Vestigia. Frontispiece from the first volume of *Antichità Romane*. [Rome], [], [1756]. Large copperplate etching, approx. 46.5 x 68 cm (image size), 72.5 x 52.5 cm (overall size). Waterstains. Framed, with a mat (glass broken with gaps). A very beautiful architectural composition depicting a jumble of ancient ruins, monuments, and sculpted fragments, dominated by a triumphal arch. This plate serves as the frontispiece to the first volume of the monumental *Antichità Romane*, one of Piranesi’s major publishing undertakings. Second state, following the removal of the dedication to Lord Charlemont, the work’s first patron. ( Focillon, 144.)
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