The Tomb of Nero
| Reference: | S31787 |
| Author | Giovan Battista PIRANESI |
| Year: | 1750 ca. |
| Measures: | 545 x 395 mm |
€3,250.00
| Reference: | S31787 |
| Author | Giovan Battista PIRANESI |
| Year: | 1750 ca. |
| Measures: | 545 x 395 mm |
€3,250.00
Description
Etching, engraving, dripoint and scratching, signed at lower left.
Frem the set of four called 'Grotteschi'.
Example of the third state of six described by Robison. A fine impression, printed with tone on contemporary laid paper with "double encircled fleur de lys with letter CB" watermark (Robison 33), with margins, very light spots at the upper right edge, otherwise vey good condition.
Literature
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Robison 23 III/VI, Focillon 22, Wilton Ely 23.
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Giovan Battista PIRANESI (Mogliano Veneto 1720 - Roma 1778)
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Italian etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist and theorist. He is considered one of the supreme exponents of topographical engraving, but his lifelong preoccupation with architecture was fundamental to his art. Although few of his architectural designs were executed, he had a seminal influence on European Neo-classicism through personal contacts with architects, patrons and visiting artists in Rome over the course of nearly four decades. His prolific output of etched plates, which combined remarkable flights of imagination with a strongly practical understanding of ancient Roman technology, fostered a new and lasting perception of antiquity. He was also a designer of festival structures and stage sets, interior decoration and furniture, as well as a restorer of antiquities. The interaction of this rare combination of activities led him to highly original concepts of design, which were advocated in a body of influential theoretical writings. The ultimate legacy of his unique vision of Roman civilization was an imaginative interpretation and re-creation of the past, which inspired writers and poets as much as artists and designers.
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Literature
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Robison 23 III/VI, Focillon 22, Wilton Ely 23.
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Giovan Battista PIRANESI (Mogliano Veneto 1720 - Roma 1778)
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Italian etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist and theorist. He is considered one of the supreme exponents of topographical engraving, but his lifelong preoccupation with architecture was fundamental to his art. Although few of his architectural designs were executed, he had a seminal influence on European Neo-classicism through personal contacts with architects, patrons and visiting artists in Rome over the course of nearly four decades. His prolific output of etched plates, which combined remarkable flights of imagination with a strongly practical understanding of ancient Roman technology, fostered a new and lasting perception of antiquity. He was also a designer of festival structures and stage sets, interior decoration and furniture, as well as a restorer of antiquities. The interaction of this rare combination of activities led him to highly original concepts of design, which were advocated in a body of influential theoretical writings. The ultimate legacy of his unique vision of Roman civilization was an imaginative interpretation and re-creation of the past, which inspired writers and poets as much as artists and designers.
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