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Italian School
18th cent
Ancient Mausoleum, after Piranesi
ca. 1750-1800
Pen and brown ink, over graphite, on paper; framing line in pen and brown ink.
13 11/16 x 9 11/16 inches (350 x 247 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:352
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This is a copy of the "Mausoleo Antico" plate of Piranesi's "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" (1743). For another copy by the same hand, see 1982.75:351; given that that drawing copies a plate that only appeared in editions of the Prima Parte from 1748 onward, both drawings must postdate that time.

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Acquired in Florence in 1951 by Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
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Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778, Copy after.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.

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