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Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian
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The four plates of the Grotteschi were first published with the revised Prima Parte in a combination volume of the Opera Varie in 1750. This is a fourth edition plate, printed in the First Paris Edition between 1800 and 1809.
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Title: The Tomb of Nero, from "Grotteschi" (Grotesques)
Series/Portfolio: Grotteschi
Artist:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
Date: printed 1800–09
Medium: Etching, engraving, drypoing, scratching; fifth state of six (Robison)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. (55 x 80 cm)
Plate: 15 3/8 x 21 7/16 in. (39 x 54.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Object Number: 41.71.1.8(32)
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