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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 della Piazza di Monte Cavallo
  1. Palazzo Pontificio.
  2. Strada che conduce a Porta Pia.
  3. Palazzo della Consulta.
  4. Statue Colossali di Prasitele, e Fidia.
  5. Palazzi della Famiglia Pontificia.
English: A mid-18th century etching of the Quirinal in Rome, by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The famous Roman scuptures of Castor and Pollux (the Dioscuri) are in the foreground.
Deutsch: Das Bild zeigt einen Kupferstich des Quirinalshügel und den dortigen Monumenten, angefertigt von dem Künstler Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778).
Español: De mediados del siglo XVIII, un aguafuerte del Quirinal en Roma, por Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Las famosas esculturas romanas de Castor y Pollux (los Dioscuros) están en el primer plano
Medium etching print
Dimensions 53,7 x 78,1 cm
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Vedute di Roma. Tomo I, tav. 25 // 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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