The Skeletons, from Grotteschi (Grotesques), ca. 1748, Etching with engraving, drypoint, and burnishing; second state of five (Robison), Sheet: 19 1/2 x 25 3/16 in. (49.5 x 64 cm), Prints, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome), Piranesi made his series of print the Grotteschi when he returned to Rome after a stay in Venice, where he is said to have worked briefly with Tiepolo. The four etchings reflect encounter with the remarkable prints of the famous Venetian
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