Grotteschi: The Skeletons

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Grotteschi: The Skeletons

Artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)

Dateabout 1745-1747

DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 x 21 5/16 in. (38.7 x 54.1 cm)

MediumEtching

ClassificationPrints

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1981.18

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Exhibition HistoryTMA, 5/12/00 - 8/6/00 TMA 18th C Italian Prints: Sept.19 - ? 1981

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Arco di Druso (plate 19)

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Foro di Augusto (plate 15)

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The Via Appia Antica (plate 19)

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A Prison Door (from the series, "Invenzioni Capric. di Carceri" or Imaginary Prisons, plate 9)

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The Tomb Called La Concchia on the Via Appia, near Capua (Avanzi de un Antico Sepolcro...) (From the series Vedute)

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The Baths of Trojan (erroneously called Baths of Titus) from the series (Vedute di Roma) (Terme di Tito)

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1775

Tomb of the Plautii, near Ponte Lucano (from the series Vedute di Roma) Sepolcro della Famiglia Plauzio

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Tomb of the Plautii, near Ponte Lucano (from the series Vedute di Roma) Sepolcro della Famiglia Plauzio

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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