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Francesco Polanzani
Giovanni Battista Piranesi1750

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Engraving portrait of a bare-chested man emerging from swirling smoke above carved stone blocks inscribed 'IO: BAP: PIRANESI / VENETI ARCHITECTUS'

Francesco Polanzani, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Francesco Polanzani
Title
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1750
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 22 1/4 x 17 1/8 in. (56.52 x 43.5 cm); composition: 14 5/8 x 11 in. (37.15 x 27.94 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.449
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings

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