Album 1
arrow left swipe to the left Visible reflectance photograph Verso of the forty-fourth sheet, Album 1 activate zoom zoom tool
Leaf 44 verso activate zoom zoom tool
Visible reflectance photograph Apollo's tripod with snake, glued in crosswise activate zoom zoom tool arrow right swipe to the right
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Works on this double page

  • Visible reflectance photograph Top view of richly ornamented Apollo’s tripod with snake drawn in black chalk, graphite and red chalk
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Album 1, Leaf 45

This large-format drawing shows an altar or tripod excavated in Ostia in 1775 by the Scottish painter Gavin Hamilton (1723–1798). Piranesi’s workshop produced an etching of this richly decorated monument with a serpent moving up its flank.

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