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The first three (3) plates from Giovanni Battista Piranesi's (Italian, 1720-1778) Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de Romani (On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans), 1758-61, originally published 1761. 1st item: Studies of the Substructure of the Capitoline Hill, Plate I. Plate: 13 7/8" H x 10 3/8" W. Sheet: 22 1/2" H x 16 3/4" W. Frame: 25 3/4" H x 19 1/2" W. Ref.: Focillon 933, Wilton-Ely 761. 2nd item: Ostium, Sive Emissarium Cloaca Maxima in Tiberum, Plate II. Plate: 15 1/2" H x 9 1/4" W. Sheet: 22 1/2" H x 16 1/4" W. Frame: 25 3/4" H x 19 1/2" W. Ref.: Focillon 934, Wilton-Ely 762. 3rd item: Plan, Section and Elevation of the Cloaca Maxima, Plate III. Plate: 14 7/8" H x 9 1/4" W. Sheet: 21 1/4" H x 15" W. Frame: 25 3/4" H x 19 1/2" W. Ref.: Focillon 935, Wilton-Ely 763. All items on laid paper and housed behind plexiglass in modern, black and gilt frames with white mats. Exhibition History: Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Learning From Piranesi: Architectural Representation and Tectonics, 2021.
CONDITION: Excellent condition with wide margins.
