Hadrian's Villa: A Hall in the So-Called Accademia] Dieta, o sia Luogo che da ingresso o due diversi grandosi Cubicali,
by Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
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[Paris, 1777]. 44 x 57 cm. The ruins of Emperor Hadrian's villa at Tibur are one of the most extensive Roman building complexes. Piranesi places the viewer of this print so the structure's enormous size looms (at a time when the only big buildings were cathedrals and some government palazzi). The dramatic effect of light coming through the open roof, the windows, and doors half filled with a millennium of soil creates shadowy, richly textured depth. This appears to be the first issue-- before numbers-- described in Arthur Hind's Giovanni Battista Piranesi: A Critical Study, London, 1922 (reprint Martino) 134.1. Framed in gold with maroon matting; VG. stock#Fr001a.
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- Hadrian's Villa: A Hall in the So-Called Accademia] Dieta, o sia Luogo che da ingresso o due diversi grandosi Cubicali,
- Author
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
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- Used
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- [Paris, 1777]
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- Prints: Etchings and Engravings
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- Arts: Original Works and Prints;
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