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The Lion Bas-Reliefs

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Lion Bas-Reliefs

1760

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The Lion Bas-Reliefs

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Lion Bas-Reliefs

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Lion Bas-Reliefs

1760

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 630 x 467 mm. (24 13/16 x 18 3/8 in.) Plate: 562 x 411 mm. (22 1/8 x 16 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number 1935.1.5
Grand arcaded structures with lion bas-reliefs in the foreground
Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein

Inscribed: Below lion's feet at lower right: "Piranesi F." In upper left corner of image: "V." In graphite at bottom left of sheet: H.5 i"

Markings: WM: none

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1719–1777

Italian, 1720-1778
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