Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Etching with a view of the Temple 1758

Features

Artist:  Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)

Artwork title:  Veduta del tempio di Antonino e Faustina in Campo Vaccino

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Subject:  Views/City Glimpses

Artistic technique:  Printing

Technical specification:  Etching (Cable Engraving)

Description : Veduta del tempio di Antonino e Faustina in Campo Vaccino

Etching. It was originally part of the "Views of Rome", the great success of Piranesi which collected engravings with depictions of ancient Rome, the adopted city of the artist, who began drawing from 1748. The foreshortening shows the remains of the ancient Roman temple , located in the Roman Forum at the Church of San Lorenzo de 'speziale in Miranda. The print has a central fold and numerous damp gore. In a style frame.

Product Condition:
Product in fair condition showing some signs of wear.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 63
Width: 92
Depth: 2

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 60
Width: 88