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Giovanni Battista Piranesi — View of the Villa of His Eminence Cardinal Alessandro Albani, outside Porta Salaria, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi

View of the Villa of His Eminence Cardinal Alessandro Albani, outside Porta Salaria, from Views of Rome

1769

Piranesi's architectural eye transforms Cardinal Albani's famous villa and sculpture garden into a monument to both baroque splendor and neoclassical collecting culture in 18th-century Rome.

Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, View of the Villa of His Eminence Cardinal Alessandro Albani, outside Porta Salaria, from Views of Rome, 1769

Piranesi's architectural eye transforms Cardinal Albani's famous villa and sculpture garden into a monument to both baroque splendor and neoclassical collecting culture in 18th-century Rome.

Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
48.2 x 70.5 cm
Year
1769
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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