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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Ruins of Egyptian and Greek Monuments (Rovine d'architettura Egiziana e Greca)
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsWorks of Art on Paper
Artist (Italian, 1720 - 1778)

Ruins of Egyptian and Greek Monuments (Rovine d'architettura Egiziana e Greca)

AAT Object Form/FunctionEtchings (prints)
Dateca. 1760s
MediumEtching
Credit LineGift of Karl Nickel
DimensionsSheet: 8 7/16 × 5 15/16 in. (21.4 × 15.1 cm) Matted: 18 × 14 in. (45.7 × 35.6 cm)
Object number1973.102
Label TextPiranesi imaginatively transforms learned archaeology to create a capriccio or fantasy combining Greek and Egyptian architectural elements. In the foreground there is a broken obelisk carved with hieroglyphs. At the far right, beyond the two Corinthian columns, a pyramid can be partially seen.
Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
Old Master Drawings and Prints from the Museum Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 12 - June 7, 1986
Travelers in an Antique Land: Artists and Ancient Egypt, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 30, 2003 - January 11, 2004
Published ReferencesEmory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 16.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 126.
ProvenanceEx coll. Emory University Art History Department, acquired as gift from Karl Nickel, United States, June 1973. Transferred to Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, ca. 1981.
Status
Not on view
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