Print, The Catologue of the artist's work (Table of Contents of the Vedute di Roma), ca. 1779 (CH 18351165)

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Print, The Catologue of the artist's work (Table of Contents of the Vedute di Roma), ca. 1779 (CH 18351165)

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Unrecorded; Hind, p. 6 (14). Arranged like a bulletin board with lists, beginning "Antichita Romane" nailed over examples of his work, notably the view of St. Peter's in Rome. Ornaments and fragments of classical details lie in the foreground. Left top corner, a tablet with inscription "CATALOGO . DELLE. OPERE/ DATE . FINORA . ALLA . LUCE/ DA GIO BATTISTA PIRANESI ..." Two framing lines. Bottom center: "Si vendono presso il medesimo Autore nel palazzo del conte Tomati a Strada Felice vicino alla Trinita de Monti." Bottom margin : continuation of catalogue to No. 94, where the hand changes, and then in three columns to No.137, which reads: "Statue di Meleagro del Museo Vaticano ..." A fourth column separated from these , at right.

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1779
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Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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