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Egyptian Obelisk. This was erected by Pope Sixtus V in the Piazza of St. John Lateran, from Views of Rome Wall Art
ART BY: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Egyptian Obelisk. This was erected by Pope Sixtus V in the Piazza of St. John Lateran, from Views of Rome Wall Art
ART BY: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
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Egyptian Obelisk. This was erected by Pope Sixtus V in the Piazza of St. John Lateran, from Views of Rome is an etching on heavy ivory laid paper by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778), dated 1750/59. The artist is catalogued as Italian. This reproduction is based on the copy in the Art Institute of Chicago, and the file offered here measures 2096 × 3000 px (2.4 MB). Catalogued under Prints and Rococo, in portrait format. Archive Lane holds 969 works by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, an Italian artist.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons". He was the father of Francesco Piranesi, Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi.
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