Baptistry
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In the foreground, on the right, the old baptistry that dates back, like the basilica, at the time of emperor constantine (who died in 337)the beautiful image is one of the four plates dedicated by piranesi to the basilica of san giovanni in laterano: the sheet under consideration is the only piranesi view in which the basilica lateranense is depicted with the baptistry beside iton the left, among buildings that are now gone, you can see the arches of an aqueduct, built by nero to bring water to the domus aurea and the celioour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe making of this plate is dated by hindare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoriginal etching on copper matrix, i print run out of four, printed on thick paper; within the illustrated part, in the bottom right corner, title and references within cartouche; also on the plate, under the bottom left framing line, indication of the author, cavalier piranesi fthe work belongs to the series of the grandiose views of rome, which piranesi worked on from to the last years: in these plates the master, who is remembered as one of the greatest engravers of the eighteenth century, intended to celebrate the magnificence of the eternal city, seat of the ancient emperors and popesthe square is shown in the appearance that domenico fontana gave it between and , at the time of pope sixtus vat the bottom is the building of the scala sancta (which encompasses the medieval chapel of sancta sanctorum); on the right is the palazzo lateranense, the hall of blessings and the obelisk, brought by the circus maximuscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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