Giovanni Battista Piranesi

(Mogliano 1720–1778 Rome)
Two etchings from “Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi...”, 1. Marble tripod or altar found at Ostia by Gavin Hamilton 1775, 67,5 x 42 cm, 2. Altar dedicated to Apollo with Greek key motif around the rim and Medusa heads on the bowl found in the Villa of Pompeo the Great in Albano, 67 x 42 cm, each with wide margins around the platemarks, unmounted, unframed, Wilton-Ely 947, 990, (2), (Sch)