Disegno: Drawing-out Architecture Through Construction

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). ''Studies of the Substructure of the Capitoline Hill,'' Plate I, from Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de Romani (1761). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 933) (Wilton-Ely 761). Plate Marks: 12 ¾ in. x 9 ¼ in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). ''Ostium, Sive Emissarium Cloaca Maxima in Tiberum'', Plate II, from: Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de Romani (1761). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 934) (Wilton-Ely 762). Plate Marks: 12 ¾ in. x 9 ¼ in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). ''Plan, Section and Elevation of the Cloaca Maxima'', Plate III, from: Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de Romani (1761). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 935) (Wilton-Ely 763). Plate Marks: 13 ¾ in. x 9 ¼ in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). ''Roman architectural details compared with Greek examples from Le Roy,'' Plate XX, from: Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de Romani (1761). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 949) (Wilton-Ely 308). Plate Marks: 15 3/8 in. x 23 ¼ in. Private Collection of George Dodds

[PLACEHOLDER] Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). ''Plan, Section and Elevation of the Cloaca Maxima'', Plate XXXV, from: Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de Romani (1761). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 963) (Wilton-Ely 795). Plate Marks: 16 1/8 in. x 12 ½ in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). “Parte dell'antica Via Appia…” From: Le Antichità Romane. (1756) Printed by Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1756-1810). First Paris Edition. Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 288) (Wilton-Ely 115). Plate Marks: 13 ½ in. x 20 ½ in. Private Collection of George Dodds

[PLACEHOLDER] Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). “Various architectural details including fragments relating to the Temple of Vesta, Rome.” Plate XXXVIII, from: Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de Romani (1761). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 966) (Wilton-Ely 321). Plate Marks: 17 in. x 27 3/8 in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). “Torrei di cui son munite le mura…” Towers which Fortify the Wall.” From: Le Antichità Romane. (1756) Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 158) (Wilton-Ely 008). Plate Marks: 5 1/8 in. x 7 ¾ in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). ''Constructional details of the entrance porch to a Tuscan temple precinct together with an inscription from Palazzo Farnese,'' Plate XXXVII, from: Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de Romani. (1761). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 965) (Wilton-Ely 320) Plate Marks: 17 in. x 27 3/8 in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). “Avanzo del primo Castello di una parte dell'Acqua Giulia” (Remains of the first fountain-head of a part of the Acqua Giulia). From: Le Antichità Romane. (1756) Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 193) (Wilton-Ely 026). Plate Marks: 4 ¾ in. x 7 ¾ in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). “Veduta degli avanzi del Foro di Nerva.” (Views of the Remains of the Forum of Nerva). From: Le Antichità Romane. (1756) Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 201) (Wilton-Ely 030). Plate Marks: 5 in. x 7 ¾ in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). “Una di marmo col suo Coperchio ritrovata dentro al Mausoleo di Cecelia Metella….: (Marble urn from the mausoleum of Cecilia Metella in Rome). From: From: Le Antichità Romane. (1756) Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 334) (Wilton-Ely 165). Plate Marks: 14 1/8 in. x 23 ½ in. Printed by Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1756-1810), Paris, First Edition. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). “Reliquiae Pontis Triumphalis seu Vaticani” (Remains of the “Triumphal” or “Vatican” Bridge). From: Il Campo Marzo dell’ Antica Roma (1762). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 475) (Wilton-Ely 453). Plate Marks: 13 in. x 9 ¼ in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). “Del Castello dell' Acqua Giulia.” (Concerning the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia). From: Le Rovine del Castello dell’ Acqua Giulia... (1761) Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 403) (Wilton-Ely 397). Plate Marks:15 3/8 in. x 8 1/4 in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). "Sezione Traversale de' cunei inferiori del Teatro di Marcello," (Transverse section of one of the lower banks of seats in the Theater of Marcellus facing the Via de’ Senatori…” From: Le Antichità Romane. (1756). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 366) (Wilton-Ely 203). Plate Marks: 14 in. x 9 7/8 in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). “Avanzi Di Un Colegio Di Silvano Aureliano Destanti circa Quattro Miglio da Roma….” (Ruins from the college of Silvanus Aurelianus about four miles from Rome outside the Porta Maggiore in the place called the Hundred Cells, belonging to the most excellent Barberini familiy). From: Le Antichità Romane. (1756) Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 395) (Wilton-Ely 229). Plate Marks: 14 in. x11 1/4 in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). ““Pianta del sepolcro di Alessandro Severo, situato fuori di Porta S. Giovanni…. (Plan of the Tomb of Alexander Severus located outside the San Giovanni Gate….) From: Le Antichità Romane (1756). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 253) (Wilton-Ely 080). Plate Marks: 14 in. x 10 in. Permanent Collection of Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture University of Tennessee, Knoxville Gift of Dr. Charles Wells

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). “Pars Cellarum Subterranearum Capitolii, quae antiquuitus dicebantur Favissae….” (Part of the subterranean cellars of the Capitoline Hill, which were called the Favissae” in antiquity…“). From: Il Campo Marzo dell’ Antica Roma… (1762) Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 457) (Wilton-Ely 440). Plate Marks:15 ½ in. x 11 in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). “Pianta degli avanzi del Portico fabbricato da M. Emilio Lepido….'' (Plan of the remains of the arcade built by M. Aemilius Lepidus and P. Aemilius Paullus outside the Porta Trigemina at the Emporium on the bank of the Tiber.” From: Le Antichità Romane (1756). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 386) (Wilton-Ely 220). Plate Marks: 13 ¾ in. x 9 ½ in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). “Pianta dell’ avanzo del Portico di Filippo…” (Plan of the remains of the Portico of Philip [L. Marcius Philippus]…) From: Le Antichità Romane (1756). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 384) (Wilton-Ely 218). Plate Marks: 14 in. x 9 7/8 in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). Plate XXXI ''Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grece,'' (Le Roy’s Columns compared with Etruscan and Roman Examples), from Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de Romani (1761). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 959) (Wilton-Ely 316a). Plate Marks: 12 ½ in. x 9 5/8 in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). Plate XXXII ''Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grece,'' (Plan, elevations, and details of various Greek Doric temples after Le Roy. from Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de Romani (1761). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 960) (Wilton-Ely 316b). Plate Marks: 15 in. x 10 7/8 in. (Unsigned) Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). Plate XXXIII ''Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grece,'' (Plan, elevations, and details of various Greek Doric temples after Le Roy. from Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de Romani (1761). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 961) (Wilton-Ely 317a). Plate Marks: 13 1/8 in. x 10 ¼ in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). Plate XXXIV ''Les Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grece,'' (Plan, elevations, and details of the Erechtheion, Athens, after Le Roy. from Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de Romani (1761). Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 962) (Wilton-Ely 317b). Plate Marks: 14 ½ in. x 10 ½ in. Private Collection of George Dodds

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, Veneto, Italian, 1720-1778). “Dimostrazioni dell'Emissario del Lago Albano.” (Practical Illustrations of the Spillway of Lake Albano). From: Descrizione e Disegno dell’ Emmissario del Lago Albano di Gio Battisa Piranesi. (1762) Etching on laid paper. (Focillon 486) (Wilton-Ely 489). Plate Marks: 15 ½ in. x 24 ¾ in. Printed by Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1756-1810), Paris, First Edition. Private Collection of George Dodds

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