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Kunstantiquariat
Monika Schmidt: Specialist
- since 1970
- for
original
copper engravings
by Giovanni
Battista Piranesi.
In the year
1751 Piranesi
started with
intensive archeological
studies with
the aim to create
a special series
of copper engravings
to record the
ancient buildings
of Rome to help
to rescue them.
In 1756 he
published the
'Antichità Romane',
which founded
his international
reputation as
an archaeologist.
1757 he became
a member of
the 'London
Society of Antiquaries'
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see
more under biography
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G. B. Piranesi
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G. B. Piranesi
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Entrance
to the tomb
chamber of L.
Arrunzius
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Large Porphyry
Sarcophagus
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G. B. Piranesi
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G. B. Piranesi
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Exterior
view of the
tomb chambers
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Interior
view of one
of the three
tomb chambers
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G. B. Piranesi
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G. B. Piranesi
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Remains of
several tomb
chambers
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Remains of
a magnificant
sepulcral building
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G. B. Piranesi
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Pedestal
in the Capitoline
Museum
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