File:Piranesi.Bust.jpg
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Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi as an Antique Bust
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Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi as an Antique Bust |
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English: This etching by Piranesi’s close friend Felice Polanzani shows the artist, aged thirty, as a Janus figure—half antique fragment and half modern architect—in his chosen role as the interpreter of the classical past for modern designers. |
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| Date | 1750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | etching print | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 17:16, 8 June 2009 | | 380 × 498 (91 KB) | JoJan | {{Information |Description={{en|1=Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi as an Antique Bust, 1750 This etching by Piranesi’s close friend Felice Polanzani shows the artist, aged thirty, as a Janus figure—half antique fragment and half modern architec |
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