View of Mausoleo of Cecilia Metella - Original Etching by G. B. Piranesi - 1773 1773

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View of Mausoleo of Cecilia Metella is an original etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1773. … Read more View of Mausoleo of Cecilia Metella is an original etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1773. Precoius roman edition. Complete title on the lower margin of plate. Ref. Cat. Ficacci, Ed. Taschen n.324 The state of preservation of the artwork is good except for very light folds along the margin. The artwork represents a beautiful scenery of Mausoleo of Cecilia Metella in Rome.The print is characterized by soft and delicate strokes that define the composition in a balance and harmony Giovanni Battista Piranesi is well-known as an architect, an archaeologist and, undoubtedly as the most important engraver of the 18th century: the leading artist in this field in the period going from Rembrandt to Goya. Generations after him would continue to imagine Ancient Rome as he portrayed it in his magnificent “Vedute”. In the last period, Piranesi’s activities, above all as an editor, were characterised by a more commercial flavour. By this time he was already very famous, and created the series of decorative plates of antiquities, collected in his work “Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi pubblicati l’anno MDCCLXXIIX”, 1778, (Vases, candelabras, grave,stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cav. Gio.Batt. Piranesi, published in the year 1778), printed and integrated by his son Francesco. See less