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Giovanni Battista Piranesi  (1720–1778)  wikidata:Q316307 s:it:Autore:Giovanni Battista Piranesi q:it:Giovanni Battista Piranesi
 
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Description Italian printmaker, architect and engraver
Date of birth/death 4 October 1720 Edit this at Wikidata 9 November 1778 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mogliano Veneto, Republic of Venice Rome, Papal States
Work period 1740 Edit this at Wikidata–1778 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q316307
Title
English: Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
Italiano: Spaccato interno della Basilica di S. Paolo fuori delle Mura, eretta da Costantino Magno, divisa in cinque Navate co' sua Crociata. Ottanta Colonne di marmo greco, venato di vario colore, quivi trasportate del Sepolcro di Adriano Imperatore, sostentano le Navate variando di grandezza, e lavoro le laterali da quelle della Navata di mezzo. Altre Colonne dieci di Granito sono sparse per la Crociata; intorno alla quale, come ancora intorna la Navata di mezzo cronologicamente disposti si veggono li Ritratti di tutti i Sommi Pontefici Romani con altre Pitture antiche gia quasi consumate dal tempo. Il Pavimento delle Navate è formato di rotti pezzi di marmo, levati dalle Rovine di altri Edificii antichi.
Medium etching print
Dimensions 54,5 x 78,5 cm
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Vedute di Roma. Tomo I, tav. 9 // Opere di Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Francesco Piranesi e d'altri. Firmin Didot Freres, Paris, 1835-1839. Tomo 16.
Scans from www.coe.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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