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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Frontispiece: Fantasy of ruins with a statue of Minerva in center foregroundcirca 1748

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Etching of classical ruins with allegorical figures, crumbling columns, ornamental urns, and scattered stone fragments, rendered in dense cross-hatched black ink on cream paper
Artist or Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Title
Frontispiece: Fantasy of ruins with a statue of Minerva in center foreground
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1748
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
19 9/16 x 24 1/2 in. (49.69 x 62.23 cm)
Credit Line
Graphic Arts Council Curatorial Discretionary Fund
Accession Number
AC1992.276.1
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings