F. PIRANESI (*1758) after PIRANESI (*1720), Main gate at the Tomb of Mamia, Pompeii, 1805, Etching

Francesco Piranesi (1758 Rom - 1810 Paris) after Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Mogliano Veneto - 1778 Venice): Main gate at the Tomb of Mamia on the Via dei Sepolcri, Pompeii, landscape of ruins in ruined Pompeii with figures, 1805, Etching

Technique: Etching on Paper

Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Dessiné par J. B. Piranesi / Gravé par F. Piranesi L'an 13/1805". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Vue Extérieure de la porte principale du tombeau de Mamia [...]".

Date: 1805

Description: The artwork shows a massive ancient ruin under the radiant rays of the sun. A figure in the foreground rests on the ground, leaning on a long pole.

Source: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Mogliano Veneto-1778 Venice) Antiquités de Pompeïa, 1804/1835 | print suite, Mythology, Architecture

Keywords: Ustrinum; Tomb; Antiquity; Ruin; Sunbeams; Exploration; Figures; Nature; History; Reconquest; Work of art; Radiance; Transience; Architecture; Light; Shadow; Tree; Wall; Sky; Perspective; Silence; Antiquity;, 19th century, Classicism, Architecture, Italy, Pompeii (Campanian),

Size: Paper: 93,0 cm x 64,7 cm (36,6 x 25,5 in), Plate: 56,9 cm x 42,5 cm (22,4 x 16,7 in), Depiction: 51,9 cm x 41,1 cm (20,4 x 16,2 in)

93 x 64.7 cm
Condition Report: Good condition. There is a full-page horizontal crease in the centre. Some rubbing clearly recognisable in the image. Pale staining in the margin. Slightly browned along the edges. The corners of the sheet are minimally bumped.