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Details
- Other Title
- View of the Arch of Constantine
- Date
- 1771
- Media category
- Materials used
- etching
- Edition
- 1/3
- Dimensions
- 47.5 x 70.5 cm platemark
- Credit
- Purchased 1954
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 9111
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
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About
Piranesi trained in architectural drawing during his youth in Venice but it was the Eternal City that most inspired him. This print belongs to the series ‘Vedute di Roma’ that Piranesi worked on between the late 1740s and his death in 1778. Piranesi’s dramatic views were circulated throughout Europe and were widely collected by Grand Tourists. They became so famous that they came to symbolise Rome itself.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1954, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 10 Mar 1955–10 Apr 1955
Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Jun 1998–20 Sep 1998
Old Europe: Prints & drawings from the collection 1500-1800, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Jun 2006–06 Aug 2006
European prints and drawings 1500-1900, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Aug 2014–02 Nov 2014
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Peter Raissis, Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian old master prints from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1998, 8. no catalogue numbers
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