Album 1
arrow left swipe to the left Visible reflectance photograph Verso of the forty-fifth sheet, Album 1 activate zoom zoom tool
Leaf 45 verso activate zoom zoom tool
Visible reflectance photograph Newdigate candelabra, folded, 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 Drawing in chalk, graphite and red chalk of the so-called Newdigate candelabra with rich ornamental decoration, birds and many figures
  • Visible reflectance photograph In the lower left quarter in red chalk drawn frieze with vines and winged animal
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Album 1, Leaf 46

This large-format drawing, folded in on three sides, shows a famous sculpture from Piranesi’s workshop, known as the Newdigate Candelabra. It is named after the English politician and collector of antiquities Sir Roger Newdigate (1719–1806), who acquired it from Piranesi and took it to England. It is now found at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. The candelabra is a typical Piranesi hybrid of antique marble with modern additions. It was also included in his volume of etchings Vasi, candelabri, cippi sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batta. Piranesi.

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