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Large sculpture gallery built on arches and lit from above... (Galleria grande di Statue, la cui struttura è con Archi e col lume preso dall'alto...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Large sculpture gallery built on arches and lit from above... (Galleria grande di Statue, la cui struttura è con Archi e col lume preso dall'alto...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Le Puits by Hubert Robert

Le Puits

Hubert Robert, n.d.

Bacchanal by Louis Félix de La Rue

Bacchanal

Louis Félix de La Rue, mid-18th century

Design for a frame by Jean Charles Delafosse

Design for a frame

Jean Charles Delafosse, ca. 1750

Design for a Pulpit, Plate 1 from an Untitled Series of Pulpit Designs by Martin Engelbrecht

Design for a Pulpit, Plate 1 from an Untitled Series of Pulpit Designs

Martin Engelbrecht, Printed ca. 1750–56

Design for an Altar, Plate 1 from an Untitled Series of Designs for Altars by Jacob Gottlieb Thelot|Carl Pier|Martin Engelbrecht

Design for an Altar, Plate 1 from an Untitled Series of Designs for Altars

Jacob Gottlieb Thelot|Carl Pier|Martin Engelbrecht, Printed ca. 1750–56

La Fuite a Dessein by Jean Honoré Fragonard|Jacques Couché|Charles François Adrien Macret

La Fuite a Dessein

Jean Honoré Fragonard|Jacques Couché|Charles François Adrien Macret, n.d.

Magnificent bridge with loggias, and arches erected by a Roman Emperor... (Ponte magnfiico con Logge, ed Archi erretto da un Imperatore Romane...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Magnificent bridge with loggias, and arches erected by a Roman Emperor... (Ponte magnfiico con Logge, ed Archi erretto da un Imperatore Romane...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Second Guard-Room by François Boucher|Jacques Gabriel Huquier

Second Guard-Room

François Boucher|Jacques Gabriel Huquier, mid to late 18th century

Entrance to the Grotto of Posillipo by Hubert Robert|Anonymous, French, 19th century|Anonymous, French, 18th century

Entrance to the Grotto of Posillipo

Hubert Robert|Anonymous, French, 19th century|Anonymous, French, 18th century, n.d.

Design for a Three-Armed Candelabra, Plate 2 from an Untitled Series of Designs for Suspended Candelabra by Carl Pier|Martin Engelbrecht

Design for a Three-Armed Candelabra, Plate 2 from an Untitled Series of Designs for Suspended Candelabra

Carl Pier|Martin Engelbrecht, Printed ca. 1750–56

View of the Caelian Hill, Rome, with the church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, seen from the Aventine, Rome by Joseph Vernet

View of the Caelian Hill, Rome, with the church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, seen from the Aventine, Rome

Joseph Vernet, ca. 1750

Third View of Italy by Pierre Jacques Duret|Joseph Vernet

Third View of Italy

Pierre Jacques Duret|Joseph Vernet, ca. 1750–95

View of the palace of the illustrious Barberini family on the Quirinal Hill, designed by Cavaliere Bernini, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

View of the palace of the illustrious Barberini family on the Quirinal Hill, designed by Cavaliere Bernini, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750–1759

Le Songe d'Amour by Jean Honoré Fragonard|Nicholas François Regnault

Le Songe d'Amour

Jean Honoré Fragonard|Nicholas François Regnault, n.d.

Doge Enrico Dandolo crowns Baldovino the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople by Giacomo Leonardis|Doge Enrico Dandolo|Baldwin I, Latin Emperor|Antonio Vassilacchi (called "Il Aliense")

Doge Enrico Dandolo crowns Baldovino the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople

Giacomo Leonardis|Doge Enrico Dandolo|Baldwin I, Latin Emperor|Antonio Vassilacchi (called "Il Aliense"), 1745–94

Landscape with Ruins and Fountain by Joseph Wagner|Fabio Berardi|Charles Louis Clérisseau

Landscape with Ruins and Fountain

Joseph Wagner|Fabio Berardi|Charles Louis Clérisseau, ca. 1750–70

Bacchanale - Satyr and Nymph with Infant and Infant Satyr by Jean Honoré Fragonard

Bacchanale - Satyr and Nymph with Infant and Infant Satyr

Jean Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Design for the Decoration of the Lower Right Corner of a Ceiling, Plate 4 from: 'Unterschiedliche neü inventirte Decken oder Plafond.' by Carl Pier|Martin Engelbrecht

Design for the Decoration of the Lower Right Corner of a Ceiling, Plate 4 from: 'Unterschiedliche neü inventirte Decken oder Plafond.'

Carl Pier|Martin Engelbrecht, Printed ca. 1750–56

Floorplan and Side View of an Altar, Plate b (2) from 'Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Altäre mit darzu gehörigen Profillen u. Grundrißen.' by Johann Michael Leüchte

Floorplan and Side View of an Altar, Plate b (2) from 'Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Altäre mit darzu gehörigen Profillen u. Grundrißen.'

Johann Michael Leüchte, Printed ca. 1750–56

A Woman of European Descent at Galata Being Handed Her Veil by Her Servant Prior to Going Out by Jean Etienne Liotard|Giuseppe Camerata II

A Woman of European Descent at Galata Being Handed Her Veil by Her Servant Prior to Going Out

Jean Etienne Liotard|Giuseppe Camerata II, 1745

Various Designs for Rocaille Ornaments, Plate 3 from an Untitled Series of Rocaille Ornaments for Frames by Carl Pier|Martin Engelbrecht|Jacob Gottlieb Thelot

Various Designs for Rocaille Ornaments, Plate 3 from an Untitled Series of Rocaille Ornaments for Frames

Carl Pier|Martin Engelbrecht|Jacob Gottlieb Thelot, Printed ca. 1750–56

River Scene with Castle by Fabio Berardi|Charles Louis Clérisseau|Joseph Wagner

River Scene with Castle

Fabio Berardi|Charles Louis Clérisseau|Joseph Wagner, ca. 1750–70

Landscape with Ruins by Charles Louis Clérisseau|Joseph Wagner

Landscape with Ruins

Charles Louis Clérisseau|Joseph Wagner, ca. 1750–70

Les Beignets by Jean Honoré Fragonard|Nicolas de Launay

Les Beignets

Jean Honoré Fragonard|Nicolas de Launay, n.d.

Project for the Riding-School of the Horse Guards in Saint Petersburg - Elevation of the Side Entrance by Giacomo Quarenghi

Project for the Riding-School of the Horse Guards in Saint Petersburg - Elevation of the Side Entrance

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1744–1817

The Sacrifice of Polyxena, from "Bacchanals and Histories" by Francesco Fontebasso

The Sacrifice of Polyxena, from "Bacchanals and Histories"

Francesco Fontebasso, 1744

Heroic Landscape with Watering Place, Riders, and Obelisk by John Baptist Jackson|Marco Ricci

Heroic Landscape with Watering Place, Riders, and Obelisk

John Baptist Jackson|Marco Ricci, 1744

The Philosopher by Jean Siméon Chardin|Bernard Lepicié|Bernard Lepicié

The Philosopher

Jean Siméon Chardin|Bernard Lepicié|Bernard Lepicié, 1744

Guardroom Scene by Cornelis Troost

Guardroom Scene

Cornelis Troost, 1744

S. Giovanni in Laterano, main façade, with Palace and Scala Santa on the right (Veduta della Basilica di S. Giovanni Laterano), from "Vedute di Roma" by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

S. Giovanni in Laterano, main façade, with Palace and Scala Santa on the right (Veduta della Basilica di S. Giovanni Laterano), from "Vedute di Roma"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749

The Well, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard

The Well, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard, ca. 1749–50

Vedute delle ville, e d'altri luoghi della Toscana by Giuseppe Zocchi|Filippo Morghen|Giuseppe Allegrini|Johann Gottfried Seutter|Giuseppe Benedetti|Pietro Monaco|Giuseppe Filosi|Marchese Andrea Gerini|Marc'Antonio Corsi|Niccolò Mogalli|Philoté François Duflos|Michele Marieschi|Giuseppe Zocchi|Vincenzo Franceschini|Giuliano Giampiccoli|Johann Sebastian Müller|Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Joseph Wagner

Vedute delle ville, e d'altri luoghi della Toscana

Giuseppe Zocchi|Filippo Morghen|Giuseppe Allegrini|Johann Gottfried Seutter|Giuseppe Benedetti|Pietro Monaco|Giuseppe Filosi|Marchese Andrea Gerini|Marc'Antonio Corsi|Niccolò Mogalli|Philoté François Duflos|Michele Marieschi|Giuseppe Zocchi|Vincenzo Franceschini|Giuliano Giampiccoli|Johann Sebastian Müller|Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Joseph Wagner, 1744

Six nymphs and two putti, from "Bacchanals and Histories" by Francesco Fontebasso

Six nymphs and two putti, from "Bacchanals and Histories"

Francesco Fontebasso, 1744

Project for the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoe Selo (Section) by Giacomo Quarenghi

Project for the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoe Selo (Section)

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1744–1817

Arrival of Telemachus at the Island of Calypso by Jean-Baptiste Patas|François Boucher|Antoine Jean Duclos

Arrival of Telemachus at the Island of Calypso

Jean-Baptiste Patas|François Boucher|Antoine Jean Duclos

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard, ca. 1749–50

Parte di ampio magnifico Porto all'uso degli antichi Romani, ove si scuopre l'interno della gran Piazza pel Comercio... (Part of a spacious and magnificent Harbor for the use of the ancient Romans opening onto a large market square...), from "Opere Varie di Archiettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano" (Various Works of Architecture, perspectives, grotesques, and antiquities; designed and etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard

Parte di ampio magnifico Porto all'uso degli antichi Romani, ove si scuopre l'interno della gran Piazza pel Comercio... (Part of a spacious and magnificent Harbor for the use of the ancient Romans opening onto a large market square...), from "Opere Varie di Archiettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano" (Various Works of Architecture, perspectives, grotesques, and antiquities; designed and etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard, ca. 1749–50

Coast View with the Embarkation of Carlo and Ubaldo by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)|Arthur Pond|Pierre Charles Canot

Coast View with the Embarkation of Carlo and Ubaldo

Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)|Arthur Pond|Pierre Charles Canot, 1744

L'audience de l'Empereur chinois (The audience of the Chinese Emperor), from Chinoiseries by Jacques Gabriel Huquier|Chez Huquier|François Boucher

L'audience de l'Empereur chinois (The audience of the Chinese Emperor), from Chinoiseries

Jacques Gabriel Huquier|Chez Huquier|François Boucher, after 1743

Le Jardin Chinoise (The Chinese Garden), from Chinoiseries by Chez Huquier|François Boucher|Jacques Gabriel Huquier|Gabriel Huquier

Le Jardin Chinoise (The Chinese Garden), from Chinoiseries

Chez Huquier|François Boucher|Jacques Gabriel Huquier|Gabriel Huquier, after 1743

Plate 3: Inscriptions on Antiquities outside Rome with Index of Plates, from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori" by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate 3: Inscriptions on Antiquities outside Rome with Index of Plates, from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

'Gallant conversation' (Conversation galante): couples engage in conversation in a garden setting, at left a musician plays for the group, at right a woman holds a reclining lap dog by Jacques Philippe Le Bas|Nicolas Lancret

'Gallant conversation' (Conversation galante): couples engage in conversation in a garden setting, at left a musician plays for the group, at right a woman holds a reclining lap dog

Jacques Philippe Le Bas|Nicolas Lancret, 1743

The Antiquarian by Jean Siméon Chardin|Pierre Louis Surugue

The Antiquarian

Jean Siméon Chardin|Pierre Louis Surugue, 1743

One of the Sons of Noah who Goes to Populate a Part of the Earth (Uno de figli di Noè che va a popolare una parte della terra) by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo|Pietro Monaco|Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)

One of the Sons of Noah who Goes to Populate a Part of the Earth (Uno de figli di Noè che va a popolare una parte della terra)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo|Pietro Monaco|Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto), 1743–63

Plate 6: 'Ruins of an ancient tomb in front of ruins of an ancient aqueduct; above the arches of the latter is the channel which conveyed the water to Rome' (Ruine de sepolcro antico posto dinanzi ad altre ruine d'un Acquedotto pure antico; sopra gli archi del medesimo v'è il canale, per cui si conduceva l'acqua in Roma), from the series 'Part one of architecture and perspectives: drawn and etched by Gio. Batt'a Piranesi, Venetian Architect: dedicated to Nicola Giobbe' (Prima parte di Architetture, e prospettive inventate, ed incise da Gio. Batt'a Piranesi Architetto Veneziano dedicate al Sig. Nicola Giobbe) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate 6: 'Ruins of an ancient tomb in front of ruins of an ancient aqueduct; above the arches of the latter is the channel which conveyed the water to Rome' (Ruine de sepolcro antico posto dinanzi ad altre ruine d'un Acquedotto pure antico; sopra gli archi del medesimo v'è il canale, per cui si conduceva l'acqua in Roma), from the series 'Part one of architecture and perspectives: drawn and etched by Gio. Batt'a Piranesi, Venetian Architect: dedicated to Nicola Giobbe' (Prima parte di Architetture, e prospettive inventate, ed incise da Gio. Batt'a Piranesi Architetto Veneziano dedicate al Sig. Nicola Giobbe)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1743

Plate 6: the Tempest by Davide Antonio Fossati|Marco Ricci

Plate 6: the Tempest

Davide Antonio Fossati|Marco Ricci, 1743

The miracle of the bitter water made sweet (Il Miracolo delle Acque Amare Mutate in Dolci) by Pietro Monaco|Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)

The miracle of the bitter water made sweet (Il Miracolo delle Acque Amare Mutate in Dolci)

Pietro Monaco|Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto), 1743–63

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