Sunday, November 13, 2022

Pietro Gaspari
(1720 - 1785)
 

Pietro Gaspari was an Italian artist, known for veduta and capriccio in etchings and paintings. Some of them resemble a more barren and finely detailed Piranesi. He worked for many years in Munich, Germany. He was active mainly in Venice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Gaspari

AEdis antiquae, AEdificiorumque adiacentium fragmenta (Ancient Aedes, and fragments of adjacent buildings)
1771
etching with engraving on laid paper
29.7 × 41.8  cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.206080.html

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