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Giovanni Battista Piranesi was a multi-talented and accomplished man of the enlightenment who combined supreme artistic ability and historical scholarship with an entrepreneurial business sense. He was at once an artist, architect, archeologist, designer, collector, and print and antiquities dealer. Many consider him one of the most influential artists in the development and popularization of the neoclassical style in the second half of the 18th century. According to scholar John Wilton-Ely, the distinguishing characteristics of Piranesi\u2019s early works were \u201cthe unorthodox combination of classical motifs, the manipulation of superhuman scale, the organization of powerfully receding perspectives upon diagonal axes, and the modulation of space by means of skilful lighting.” Piranesi\u2019s work was recognized with his election as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in England in 1757. He was knighted by the Pope in 1765. Although Piranesi composed and etched many of his works, his son Francesco (1758-1810) and studio assistants such as Vincenzo Dolcibene also etched a significant number of the prints, especially in later years.<\/p>\n

Piranesi etched and published numerous folio print sets of art, architecture and archaeology of Rome and environs that served as source material for other architects and designers. They were sold as souvenirs to English aristocrats on the Grand Tour in Italy or by subscription directly to British patrons. Among those influenced by Piranesi was the great British architect Robert Adam (1728-92), who was a colleague of his while in Rome on the Grand Tour in the 1750s. From the 1760s onward, Piranesi supplemented his printing business by joining the thriving trade in the restoration and sale antiquities to Grand Tour travelers. Piranesi’s interest in these objects went well beyond historical restoration and marketing — he also advocated emulating the creativity of the Roman designers and integrating motifs from Greek and Roman antiquities with a contemporary sensibility to produce new and strikingly original works. The British were particularly good customers, so he set up his workshop and showrooms close to the British quarter of Rome. After Giovanni Battista Piranesi\u2019s death in 1778, Francesco and another son, Pietro, continued to republish Piranesi prints and sell antiquities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Condition: Each generally very good with the usual overall light toning and wear. Platemark and sheet sizes vary widely, as issued. Some paper tones vary. Some with minor professionally repaired short marginal tears, or minor marginal staining.<\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/p>\n

Hind, Arthur M. Giovanni Battista Piranesi : A Critical Study with a List of His Published Works and Detailed Catalogues of the Prisons and the Views of Rome<\/em>. London: The Cotswold Gallery, 1922. pp. 86 (Diverse Manieri), 87 (Vasi).<\/p>\n

Wilton-Ely, John. Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings. <\/em>San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994. 2 volumes. Chapter F.II. Volume II. pp. 886-960, numbers 815-887 (Diverse Manieri); pp. 961-62, numbers 888-1005 (Vasi).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) (after)
\nGiovanni Battista Piranesi & Francesco Piranesi (1758-1810) (engravers)
\nVasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi, Tripodi, Lucerne ed Ornamenti Antichi
\n[Studies of Vases, Candelabra, Funerary Monuments, Sarcophagi, Tripods, Lamps and Ancient Ornaments]<\/em><\/strong>
\nGiovanni Battista Piranesi, Rome: c. 1768-78
\nCopperplate engravings, uncolored
\nPrices vary widely<\/p>\n

We have many more Piranesi prints in stock from the series Vedute di Roma<\/strong> and Trajan’s Column<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi, Tripodi, Lucerne ed Ornamenti Antichi<\/em><\/strong> illustrates a wide range of classical artifacts, including monumental vases, cinerary urns, lamps, sarcophagi, and architectural fragments. A numbering system for the prints was developed in 1994 by the scholar John Wilton-Ely, who put them in chronological order based on historical records. Our large selection is organized in this way, shown above. The emergence of the neoclassical movement in the mid 18th Century and popularity of the Grand Tour coincided with an increase in the sale and restoration of classical antiquities in Rome. Giovanni Battista Piranesi began his involvement in this market in the 1760s collaborating with Thomas Jenkins and Gavin Hamilton who had financed numerous excavations in the Pantanello area of Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli. From 1768 and on, Piranesi began issuing individual plates of objects either passing through the trade or in collections. The plates were eventually assembled together and published as a set in 1778 in Vasi<\/strong>. After the initial series of etchings was produced, Piranesi’s son Francisco created an additional eight.<\/p>\n

Piranesi dedicated the plates, respectively, to patrons, colleagues, visitors and influential people. Among the prints were the spectacular Warwick Vase, a large Roman vessel that passed from Piranesi to his nephew the Earl of Warwick in 1774. Many of the antiquities shown in Vasi subsequently were sold to King Gustav III of Sweden by Francesco Piranesi after his father’s death, and can now be seen in the National Museum in Stockholm.<\/p>\n

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