- Three Figures, One Gesturing to the Right, c. 1755
- Curatorial Notes:
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- Piranesi loved to draw the people around him, whether they were assistants in his workshop or Romans on the street. He sketched these three figures on the reverse of one of his own proofs, an impression of the Veduta del Sepolcro di Cajo Cesto. This etching, which shows the Pyramid of Cestius and the Porta San Paolo, was published in the Vedute di Roma.
- Additional notes:
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- New Acquisition
- Date:
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- 1755
- Format:
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- Visual material
- Type:
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- Drawings
- Extent:
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- 1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 12 x 13 cm.
- Creator:
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- [Italy], [ca. 1755]
- Language:
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- No linguistic content; Not applicable
- Subject:
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- Drawings—Italy—18th century
- Author:
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- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
- Provenance:
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- GAX copy: From the collection of Jean-Louis Vaudoyer (1883-1963).
- Former owner:
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- Vaudoyer, Jean-Louis, 1883-1963
- Alternative:
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- Veduta del Sepolcro di Cajo Cesto
- Description:
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- Mounted: 27 x 20 cm. In mid 18th century bois de Saint Lucie wood frame.
- Abstract:
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- Drawing in pen and brown ink over black chalk, on the reverse of the upper left corner of a progress proof of Piranesi's etching Veduta del Sepolcro di Cajo Cesto, the ninth view from the Vedute di Roma, disegnante ed incisa da Giambattista Piranesi architetto veneziano. [Roma, 175-?].
- Credit line:
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- Graphic Arts Collection, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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- Identifier:
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- ark:/88435/4f16cc34f