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Veduta in prospettiva del…candelabro…, from Vasi, candelabri, cippi… (Perspectiv 1778 18th Century 26 3/4 in. x 17 1/8 in. (67.95 cm x 43.5 cm) Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Venice, 1720 - 1778, Rome) Primary Object Type: Print Medium and Support: etching Credit Line: Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. James Guthrie, Camden, Arkansas. 2003.020.010 Accession Number: 2003.020.010 Comments: This ancient candelabrum belonged to Thomas Jenkins, a British painter who became a wealthy art dealer in Rome and an agent for some of the many British artists living there. He also bought works of art for noblemen on the Grand Tour, the months-long journey across Europe that was the culmination of an aristocratic education. This was also Piranesi's clientele, and so it is natural that he and Jenkins knew each other. Piranesi worked on the drawings for this series of etchings during the last decade of his life. The etchings themselves were probably all executed by his son Francesco and his studio, some after Giovanni's death.

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• Italian
• etching

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• Class:Fine Arts:drawing:Mediterranean:Italian
• Class:Fine Arts:print:intaglio:etching

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