Francesco Polanzani

Francesco Polanzani is represented here by an engraving that reproduces, in the guise of an antique bust, the likeness of Giambattista Piranesi — a subject drawn from the Venetian architect's own varied works of architecture, perspectives, grotesques and antiquities. The archive holds a single sheet from this project, printed from a plate dated 1750, with impressions up to that year. Engraving is the sole technique recorded for the artist in the collection, which keeps the focus on line and burin work rather than on painterly effects.

1 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Portrait of G.B. Piranesi in imitation of an antique bust, from "Opere varie di Architettura, prospetive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano"

1750 · Engraving