THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Post-ancient Graphics
21. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
View of the Flavian Amphitheatre nicknamed as Coliseum.
Engraving by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720—1778) from “Roman Antiquities”, 1756.
Rome, Flavian Amphitheatre (Coliseum).
22. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Altar of Augustan Peace (reconstruction).
After Josef Durm (1837—1919), 1904.
Rome, Museum of the Altar of Augustan Peace (Ara Pacis Augustae).
23. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hermes Ludovisi (Mercury the Oratore).
Engraving by Claude Randon (1674—1704), 1704.
Medium-grained (Pentelic) marble. Roman copy late 1st — early 2nd cent. CE after a Greek original of the 5th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 8624.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
24. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hermes Ludovisi (Mercury the Oratore).
Engraving by Claude Randon (1674—1704), 1704.
Medium-grained (Pentelic) marble. Roman copy late 1st — early 2nd cent. CE after a Greek original of the 5th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 8624.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.
25. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Piranesi vase.
Etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
Inv. No. ГР-3023.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
26. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Piranesi vase.
Marble.
Ancient parts — 1st cent. BCE — 1st cent. CE. Composition by G. B. Piranesi — second half of the 18th cent.
Inv. Nos. ГР-3023 / А. 121.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
27. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Piranesi vase (close-up).
Marble.
Ancient parts — 1st cent. BCE — 1st cent. CE. Composition by G. B. Piranesi — second half of the 18th cent.
Inv. Nos. ГР-3023 / А. 121.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
28. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Piranesi vase (close-up).
Marble.
Ancient parts — 1st cent. BCE — 1st cent. CE. Composition by G. B. Piranesi — second half of the 18th cent.
Inv. Nos. ГР-3023 / А. 121.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
29. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The Piranesi vase.
Marble.
Ancient parts — 1st cent. BCE — 1st cent. CE. Composition by G. B. Piranesi — second half of the 18th cent.
Inv. Nos. ГР-3023 / А. 121.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
30. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
The Gavi Arch.
Etching, 1749.
Verona.
31. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Laocoon.
Marco Dente da Ravenna (1493—1527).
Engraving on copper plate. 1520s.
Vienna, Albertina Gallery.