Album 1
arrow left swipe to the left Visible reflectance photograph Verso of the twentieth sheet, Album 1 activate zoom zoom tool
Leaf 20 verso activate zoom zoom tool
Visible reflectance photograph palmette friezes, sarcophagus relief, vase atop a hexagonal base activate zoom zoom tool arrow right swipe to the right
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Works on this double page

  • Incident light image. Red chalk and chalk drawing of three sections of foliage and palmette friezes from the Domus Flavia on the Palatine, arranged one below the other
  • Incident light image. Black chalk drawing of a sarcophagus relief with garland-bearing figures, in between two scenic representations with mythological figures
  • Incident light image. Vase with vine decoration, drawn in black chalk atop a hexagonal base decorated with Erotes bearing garlands
  • Incident light image. Sketch of an elongated pillar with claw feet and herm decor drawn in black chalk
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Album 1, Leaf 21

While being pasted into the album, two of the drawings were rotated in different directions to save space. Of particular interest is the depiction of a vase assembled in Piranesi’s workshop from fragments of antique and modern marble and featuring spreading vines. The object has survived in two separate parts: the vase belongs to the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, the base to the Museo Pio-Clementino in Rome.

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