Description

Pair of late C18th / early C19th Italian classical engravings after Francesco Piranesi.
Now framed in contemporary gilded frames , large companion pair of black and white engraving studies of the statues of �Callipygian Venus� ( �Venus of the beautiful buttocks�) and �Germanicus Caesar� depicted in the guise of Mercury , messenger of the Gods .
Clearly struck images in excellent condition, wide mounts with decorative corners within the gilded frames each continuously inscribed in Latin text �Millennium Pax Homnibus � .
Francesco Piranesi (1758-1810 ) was the son of Giovanni Battista Piranesi the renowned Italian engraver of classical subjects , and who continued his father�s work .
Each with extensive dedications and titular text .
H 33�
W 25�
D 2�
Italy c.1800
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