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Two (2) plates from Giovanni Battista Piranesi's (Italian, 1720-1778) ll Campo Marzio Dell Antica Roma (The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome), originally published 1762. 1st item: Part of the Subterranean Cellars of the Capitoline Hill. Plate: 15 1/2" H x 11" W. Sheet: 21 1/2" H x 16 3/4" W. Frame: 26 7/8" H x 19 3/16" W. Ref.: Focillon 457, Wilton-Ely 440. 2nd item: Remains of the Triumphal or Vatican Bridge. Plate: 13" H x 9 1/4" W. Sheet: 21 3/4" H x 15 1/2" W. Frame: 26 3/16" H x 7 1/8" W. Focillon 475, Wilton-Ely 453. Both items on laid paper and housed behind glass in black and gilt frames with cream mats and double French lines. Exhibition History: Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Learning From Piranesi: Architectural Representation and Tectonics, 2021.
CONDITION: 1st item in excellent condition. 2nd item with foxing throughout and folded but intact lower margin, with fold being 1" from edge. Both with wide margins. Frames with gilt loss.
