Large Giovanni Piranesi Neoclassical Vase Lithographs, a Pair

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Large scale fine art lithographs after Giovanni Piranesi's engravings:

1. A fine Egyptian style marble vase. Elegantly framed in gilt … Read more Large scale fine art lithographs after Giovanni Piranesi's engravings:

1. A fine Egyptian style marble vase. Elegantly framed in gilt wood with dark green matting.

Marble vase supported upon an altar with Egyptian symbols, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. I" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)
Translated: To his dear friend, the Mr. Riccardo Hayward English sculptor - The Cavalier Gio. Battista Piranesi]

Published by Sidney Lucas in New York during the early 1900s.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Carceri d'invenzione). See less