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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

(Italy 1720–1778)

Title
View of the remains of the tomb chambers of the freedmen and slaves ect. of the family of Augustus, from the series Le Antichità Romane
Year
1756
Media category
Print
Materials used
etching
Dimensions

39.8 x 60.0cm platemark; 56.0 x 79.8cm sheet (irreg.)

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Mrs E. Ross Williamson 1978
Accession number
170.1978
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (3)

Peter Raissis (Australia) (Author), Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 1998, 8. no catalogue numbers

Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Author), Piety and Paganism, Sydney, 1991, 9. no catalogue numbers

Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Curator), The bitten image: European etchings from the collection, Domain, 1980, 9. no catalogue numbers

Exhibition history (3)

The Bitten Image: European etchings from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Jul 1980–14 Sep 1980.

Piety and Paganism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Jul 1991–29 Sep 1991.

Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Jun 1998–20 Sep 1998.