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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Egyptian Obelisque Piazza di San Giovanni Laterano 1759
etching
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1965
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The Egyptian Obelisque Piazza di San Giovanni Laterano
1759
Medium
etching
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1965
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
H 53 I-II
Accession Number
1479-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Cityscapes Monuments and Memorials
Subjects (specific)
hieroglyphics Italy (nation) obelisks (monumental pillars) piazzas (squares) Rome (inhabited place)
Movements
Neoclassicism