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PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). [Two large engraved plates of Roman columns]. [Rome: c.1774-1776].
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PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). [Two large engraved plates of Roman columns]. [Rome: c.1774-1776].
Piranesi’s monumental illustrations of Trajan’s Column and the Column of Marcus Aurelius. Trajan's column was completed in AD 113 to commemorate the emperor's triumph against the Dacians in two military campaigns in AD 101-102. Measuring almost 100 feet tall, it is covered by spiral bas-relief sculptures depicting the victories and topped with a statue of the emperor himself. Its honorific nature as a symbol of power and conquest was a major influence on the construction of other Roman columns, including the Column of Marcus Aurelius.
2 large engraved illustrations, comprising: engraved plate of Trajan’s column on six joined sheets (2835 x 465mm, platemark); [and]: engraved plate of Marcus Aurelius’s column on six joined sheets (2960 x 780mm, platemark at widest extent); each separately framed and glazed by Bourlet.
Piranesi’s monumental illustrations of Trajan’s Column and the Column of Marcus Aurelius. Trajan's column was completed in AD 113 to commemorate the emperor's triumph against the Dacians in two military campaigns in AD 101-102. Measuring almost 100 feet tall, it is covered by spiral bas-relief sculptures depicting the victories and topped with a statue of the emperor himself. Its honorific nature as a symbol of power and conquest was a major influence on the construction of other Roman columns, including the Column of Marcus Aurelius.
2 large engraved illustrations, comprising: engraved plate of Trajan’s column on six joined sheets (2835 x 465mm, platemark); [and]: engraved plate of Marcus Aurelius’s column on six joined sheets (2960 x 780mm, platemark at widest extent); each separately framed and glazed by Bourlet.
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