Autograph letter signed, illustrated : Rome, to Charles Townley, 1772 Aug. 3.

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Autograph letter signed, illustrated : Rome, to Charles Townley, 1772 Aug. 3.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270872110

Praising him as a collector; with a pen and ink study by Piranesi of the Warwick Vase drawn as a heading for the letter.

1 item (2 p.) : ill. ; (fol.)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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The son of Angelo and Laura Piranesi, Giambattista Piranesi first came to Rome in 1740 as a young architect from Venice. He studied Roman history with an older brother, studied engraving in the studio of Giuseppe Vasi, as well as the art of perspective. In 1743, he traveled to Naples and studied painting, returning to Venice for a year when he became ill. He returned to Rome eventually moving to the Strada Felice at the Palazzo Tomati. He never left Rome after 1745 except briefly to Etruscan sit...