Album 1
arrow left swipe to the left Visible reflectance photograph Verso of the thirty-second sheet, Album 1 activate zoom zoom tool
Leaf 32 verso activate zoom zoom tool
Visible reflectance photograph Bucranium frieze, corbels depicting sea creatures, Architectural sketch activate zoom zoom tool arrow right swipe to the right
activate zoom zoom tool Leaf 33

Works on this double page

  • Visible reflectance photograph Counterproof of the drawing of a Bucranium frieze with bull heads and fruit garlands from the temple of Vesta at Tivoli
  • Visible reflectance photograph Rough architectural sketch of a round arch with impost and column made with black chalk
  • Visible reflectance photograph Rough architectural sketch of a round arch with impost and column made with black chalk
  • Visible reflectance photograph Chalk and red chalk sketches of three consoles with sea creatures, shown in a perspective from a low angle
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Album 1, Leaf 33

The large sheet pasted in the upper half of the leaf was evidently a counterproof made by pressing the blank (and slightly dampened) sheet of paper onto a freshly executed drawing. The black-chalk lines are comparably faint. Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s handwriting is clearly recognizable on the drawing with a sketch of three consoles pasted in at the bottom.

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