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The small sketch on the left and the scribbled notes on the right relate to the drawing of an antique eagle relief on the sheet’s recto. The sketch is of the tip of a wing feather, while the notes record what is written in the inscription below the marble relief.
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Artwork information
Artist
Unidentified draughtsman of the Piranesi studio
Place and date
Rome, probably between 1755 and 1768, certainly before 1770
Dimensions (sheet)
292 x 661 mm
Inventory number
IX 5159-35-35-1v
Keywords
GND terms
- Lhuillier, Nicolas-François-Daniel;
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista;
- Piranesi, Francesco;
- Santi Apostoli;
- Abklatschverfahren;
- Julius
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