Incident light photograph. Pen and ink drawing of a seated figure in rear view, right beside it red chalk drawing of an acanthus leaf. — Vergrößern

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Seated figure (viewed from the back) and acanthus leaf

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Artwork information

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778), Group 1 and Nicolas François Daniel Lhuillier (ca. 1736–1793) or copy after Lhuillier (?), Group 6
Place and date

Rome, acanthus leaf probably between 1755-1768 (?), figure study probably early 1770s years.
Dimensions (sheet)

295 x 385 mm
Inventory number

IX 5159-36-31-1v

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