Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi. On the body of the vase, reliefs depicting vines (above) and (below) a wolf against a background of pines as if the sculptor had wished to show the wolf walking through the shadows of a forest.
A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi. On the body of the vase, reliefs depicting vines (above) and (below) a wolf against a background of pines as if the sculptor had wished to show the wolf walking through the shadows of a forest.
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A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi. On the body of the vase, reliefs depicting vines (above) and (below) a wolf against a background of pines as if the sculptor had wished to show the wolf walking through the shadows of a forest.

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Lettering: Vaso antico di marmo, che si vede nella villa dell'eminent.mo sig.r cardinale Albani fuori di Porta Salara. ... Cavalier Piranesi del. e inc. Porta Salara: Porta Salaria, site of the later Piazza Fiume.

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