Album 1
arrow left swipe to the left Visible reflectance photograph Verso of the ninth sheet, Album 1 activate zoom zoom tool
Leaf 9 verso activate zoom zoom tool
Visible reflectance photograph Wavy vine relief, frieze with fruit vase flanked by two griffins activate zoom zoom tool arrow right swipe to the right
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Works on this double page

  • Visible reflectance photograph Vertical ascending wavy vine relief from the Villa Medici (Medici Garland) drawn with red chalk
  • Visible reflectance photograph Verso with inscription
  • Visible reflectance photograph Red chalk drawing of a frieze with fruit vase flanked by two griffins
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Album 1, Leaf 10

While the lower drawing with two proud griffins has been worked up to a finish, the upper one has been roughly reworked in black pen – corrections presumably made by the master of the workshop, Giovanni Battista Piranesi himself.

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