Dieta, o sia luogo nella Villa Adriana
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano 1720 - Rom 1778)
Lot-No. 512
Kupferstich. 43 x 56,5 cm. In the plate sign. Cav. Piranesi F., matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - Italian engraver, etcher and architect. P. was taught engraving since 1740 by the archaeologist and engraver G. Vasi. In 1745 P. began to document the buildings of antique Rome. By combining engraving a. etching he created dramatic effects of light. Mus.: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, St. Petersburg, Athens, Berlin a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, H. Focillon, P. Lamers-Schütze, L. Ficacci a. others.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Dieta, o sia luogo nella Villa Adriana
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano 1720 - Rom 1778)
Dieta, o sia luogo nella Villa Adriana
Lot-No. 512
Kupferstich. 43 x 56,5 cm. In the plate sign. Cav. Piranesi F., matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - Italian engraver, etcher and architect. P. was taught engraving since 1740 by the archaeologist and engraver G. Vasi. In 1745 P. began to document the buildings of antique Rome. By combining engraving a. etching he created dramatic effects of light. Mus.: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, St. Petersburg, Athens, Berlin a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, H. Focillon, P. Lamers-Schütze, L. Ficacci a. others.
