Drawings and Prints — Page 135

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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

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

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"

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

Jacques Philippe Le Bas|Nicolas Lancret, 1743

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)

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)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1743

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)

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

Plate 28: Arch of Trajan in Ancona (Arco di Trajano in Ancona), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Plate 9: Arch of Constantine in Rome (Arco di Costantino in Roma), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Frontispiece to "Roman Antiquities outside Rome drawn and etched by Giambat'ta Piranesi, Venetian Architect Part Two" (ANTCHITÀ ROMANE FUORI DI ROMA DISEGNATE ED INCISE DA GIAMBAT'TA PIRANESI, ARCHITETTO VENEZIANO, PARTE SECONDA)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Plate 7: Temple of Jupiter Tonans (Jupiter the Thunderer). 1. Temple of Concord. (Tempio di Giove Tonans. 1. Tempio della Concordia.), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Plate 3: Boy with a hat touching the face of a girl; from 'Icones ad vivum expressae' after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Giovanni Cattini|Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1743

Design for a Chimneypiece with Ionic columns, a Frieze, and Cornice

Sir William Chambers, 1743–96

Plate 4: Boy with a lace collar holding a piece of fruit in his hands; from 'Icones ad vivum expressae' after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Giovanni Cattini|Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1743

View showing the remains of a large enclosure of columns..., from Différentes vues de quelques Restes de trois grands Edifices qui subsistent encore dans le milieu de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto autrement Posidonia qui est située dans la Lucanie (Different views of some of the remains of three great edifces that still exist at teh center of the ancient city of Pesto, or Posidonia [Paestum], which is siutated in Lucania)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Design for a Ceiling, an Oblong with an Oval Center

Sir William Chambers, 1743–96

Fire

Jean Daullé|François Boucher, ca. 1748

Plate 13: a townscape with a fountain, fallen column and statue at right and a Gothic church beside an aqueduct in the background

Davide Antonio Fossati|Marco Ricci, 1743

Air

Jean Daullé|François Boucher, ca. 1748

Water

Jean Daullé|François Boucher, ca. 1748

La Danse Chinoise (The Chinese Dance), from Chinoiseries

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

St. Maurice (?)

Pierre François Basan, 1743–97

The Painter

Jean Siméon Chardin|Louis Surugue, 1743

Christ turning wine into water at the wedding at Cana

Jacopo Bassano (Jacopo da Ponte)|Pietro Monaco, 1743–63

Earth

Jean Daullé|François Boucher, ca. 1748

La Chasse Chinoise (The Chinese Hunt), from Chinoiseries

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

Design for a Chimneypiece

Sir William Chambers, 1743–1800

Seated female nude

François Boucher, 1742

The Painter

Gilles Demarteau|Jean François Clermont, 18th century

The Peeler

Bernard Lepicié|Jean Siméon Chardin, 1742

A Woman from Savoy

Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus|Edme Bouchardon, 1742

The Charming Doll

Edme Bouchardon|Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus, 1742

Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Child

Louis Galloche, ca. 1747

Martin Folkes

William Hogarth|Martin Folkes, 1742

Drawing for Engraving in Raccolta di Vari Schizzi, Venice, 1747, After Angelo Rosis.

Antonio Maria Visentini, ca. 1747

Martin Folkes

William Hogarth|Martin Folkes, 1742

The Battle-Array of Carberry-hill near Edinburgh with the Surrender of Mary Queen of Scots to the Confederate Lords of Scotland, and the Escape of Earl Bothwell

Mary, Queen of Scots|George Vertue|John Oliver|Livinus de Vogelaare|Robert Peake the Elder, 1742