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Demonstration panel showing technique for raising travertine and marble blocks
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756 · Etching
Dimensions 52 × 72 cm
Collection: Art Whisperer
Demonstration panel showing technique for raising travertine and marble blocks for the construction of the tomb of Cecilia Metella, Rome, from the series 'Le Antichità Romane'.
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About this artwork
Demonstration panel showing technique for raising travertine and marble blocks (1756) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, etching, from the Art Whisperer collection.
About Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Giovanni Battista Piranesi also known as simply Piranesi; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons".
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