Plate 51, Volume 2
Print
ca. 1750 (engraved), 1803-1807 (produced)
ca. 1750 (engraved), 1803-1807 (produced)
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Landscape format engraving in black and white Stelae of the Praetorian Guards. There are three Stellae in total, each inscribed in Latin. The stones are engraved to appear thee dimensional, and as if they have been removed from a building, by the jagged, ruined natured of the bottom.
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| Title | Plate 51, Volume 2 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | engraving, paper |
| Brief description | 'Plate 51, Volume 2,' engraving from Le Antichita Romane di Giambatista Piranesi, Volume 2, Giovanni Piranesi, ca. 1750, volume bound together in Paris by Tessier, 1803-1807. |
| Physical description | Landscape format engraving in black and white Stelae of the Praetorian Guards. There are three Stellae in total, each inscribed in Latin. The stones are engraved to appear thee dimensional, and as if they have been removed from a building, by the jagged, ruined natured of the bottom. |
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| Accession number | E.4085-1908 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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