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An Ancient Port Preference:
preferred Type: repository
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Creation
Creator Description:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
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Identity:Piranesi, Giovanni Battista Role:draftsman
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Creation Date:
before 1750 Earliest:1740 Latest:1750
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Measurements
Dimensions Description:
38.5 x 52.8 cm (15 1/8 x 20 13/16 inches)
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Value: 38.5 Unit: cm
Type: height Value: 52.8 Unit: cm Type:
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Materials and Techniques
Description:
red chalk and black chalk and brown and reddish wash;
squared in black chalk
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Material Names:
red
chalk Role: medium
black
chalk Role: medium
paper
Role: support Technique Names:
drawing
squaring
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Subject Matter
Indexing Terms: architecture
architectural
fantasy port
Roman
architecture
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Descriptive Note
Text: When he was twenty-three, Piranesi
made this preparatory study for an etching. The etching
was published as part of a series of architectural
and perspective images. Piranesi first drew the main
outlines in chalk, then liberally added brown and
red wash for shading and some of the details. The
drawing has been squared for transfer.
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Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum online Page: accessed 20 July 2005
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Related Works
Relationship Type: study for
Related Object/Work Label/Identification:
Large Magnificent Port; etching; Giovanni Battista
Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778); published 1750
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Location
Repository Name/Geographic Location:
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United
States) Repository Number:
88.GB.18
