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piranesi
Stephen Lauf

2020
a novel ending

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Pianta dell antico Foro Romano second state
Le Antichità Romane Tom. I tab. XLIII
from University Library of Heidelberg

The University Library of Heidelberg's Le Antichità Romane volume 1 ends with 'Pianta dell antico Foro Romano' being the fifth-to-last large engraving. This order does not conform with how Le Antichità Romane volume 1 is authoritatively catalogued, and the plan of the Circus Maximus within the plan of the ancient Roman Forum is not as it was first drawn by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The three large engravings appended to Le Antichità Romane volume 1 are the work of Francesco Piranesi, the eldest son of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Two of the added engravings depict plans of the Palace of the Caesars on the Palatin Hill, and the third added engraving depicts the plan of the Circus of Maxentius on the Appian Way. The subject matter of all three engravings relates directly to the changes made to the Circus Maximus within 'Pianta dell antico Foro Romano' the now fifth-to-last large engraving of Le Antichità Romane volume 1.

Le Antichità Romane Tom. I
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from University Library of Heidelberg

Le Antichità Romane volume 1 within the collections of the Getty Research Institute and the University of Tokyo likewise contain 'Pianta dell antico Foro Romano' where the plan of the Circus Maximus is not as it was first drawn by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, and are appended with the three large engravings by Francesco Piranesi.

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