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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. | |