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Print by Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Labrum aegyptiacum porphyreticum (Sarcophagus of Egyptian porphyry), available at Childs Gallery, Boston

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Italian (1720-1778)
Labrum aegyptiacum porphyreticum (Sarcophagus of Egyptian porphyry), 1762
Etching and engraving
7×11IN.CM

Taschen 486; Focillon 433; Wilton-Ely 564. From the series “Il Campo Marzio dell’antica Roma.” From the first Paris edition printed c.1799-1809. Signed in plate lower right: “Piranesi F.”; titled in plate lower left: “Labrum aegyptiacum porphyreticum, repertum inter rudera thermarum M. Agrippae, nunc urna / Sepulchralis Cinerum S. M. Clementis XII. in Basilica S. Ioannis Lateranensis. Operculum / haud efformatum est, quod recens factum, cum Labrum pro urna usurpatum est.” Paper bears watermark (Robison 80), which indicates a paper used until the mid 1830s. A fine impression in fine condition, with full margins.

Signature: Signed Lower Right
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Print By Giovanni Battista Piranesi: View Of The Arches Of The Consuls Dolabella And Silanus Enclosed Within The Neronian Arches Of The Acqua Claudia, From The Series Roman Antiques (le Antichita Romane) At Childs Gallery

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Italian (1720-1778)
View of the Arches of the Consuls Dolabella and Silanus enclosed within the Neronian Arches of the Acqua Claudia, from the series Roman Antiques (Le Antichita Romane), 1756
Etching
5‐1⁄4×8IN.CM
$1,200
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