File:Piranesi-16055.jpg

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi  (1720–1778)  wikidata:Q316307 s:it:Autore:Giovanni Battista Piranesi q:it:Giovanni Battista Piranesi
 
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Description Italian printmaker, architect and engraver
Date of birth/death 4 October 1720 Edit this at Wikidata 9 November 1778 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mogliano Veneto, Category:Republic of Venice Rome, Category:Papal States
Work period 1740 Edit this at Wikidata–1778 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q316307
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Italiano: Veduta del Ponte e Castello Sant' Angelo.
  1. Avanzi del Sepolcro di Adriano Imp.re. Da questo furono levate da Costantino Magno le Colonne della Basilica di S. Paolo fuori delle mura. Nella cima di esso era colocata la Pigna di metallo, dentro la quale stavano riposte le ceneri del medesimo Adriano: da quì fu trasportata insieme coi Pavoni pur di metallo nel Giardino di Belvedere nel Vaticano. Questo Sepolcro poi fu ridotto in forma di Castello.
  2. Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano.
  3. Palazzo Pontificio.
  4. Ospitale di S. Spirito.
  5. Teatro di Tordinona.
  6. Espurgo delle immondezze della Citta.
Medium etching print
Dimensions 54,4 x 78,7 cm
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Vedute di Roma. Tomo I, tav. 52 // Opere di Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Francesco Piranesi e d'altri. Firmin Didot Freres, Paris, 1835-1839. Tomo 16.
Scans from www.coe.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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