Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)

Le Antichità Romane: Reconstruction of some of the façde of the principal entrance of the Portico of Octavia; Reconstruction of some details of the first order of the Theater of Marcellus; Reconstruction of details of the second order of the Theater of Marcellus; Plan of the Animal cages built by Domitian for the Amphitheater; Plan and elevation of the bridge now called the Ponte dei Quattro Capi; Vertical section of the Bridge of Fabricius, called the Ponte dei Quattro; View of the Bridge of Fabricius, called the Ponte dei Quattro Capi; Remains of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian; and External view of the Remains of the circular arcade of the Theater of Marcellus

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)
Le Antichità Romane: Reconstruction of some of the façde of the principal entrance of the Portico of Octavia; Reconstruction of some details of the first order of the Theater of Marcellus; Reconstruction of details of the second order of the Theater of Marcellus; Plan of the Animal cages built by Domitian for the Amphitheater; Plan and elevation of the bridge now called the Ponte dei Quattro Capi; Vertical section of the Bridge of Fabricius, called the Ponte dei Quattro; View of the Bridge of Fabricius, called the Ponte dei Quattro Capi; Remains of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian; and External view of the Remains of the circular arcade of the Theater of Marcellus
etchings, published Rome, 1756
S. 18 x 47in. (45.7 x 119.5cm.) and smaller (9)