Description:
The "Museum Piranesi" project is an extraordinary adventure in art history that unifies many European countries. lt is the first census of objects, works of art and ancient fragments that were discovered, sold, restered or assembled by Giovan Battista Piranesi and his workshop. Piranesi has been the greatest print-maker of all time, but he has also been one of the major art-dealers and restorers of antique sculptures, busts, vases, stones and fragments that were dug by himself. The project leader has been looking for these pieces for many years, and he discovared them in various museums and private collections araund Europe. The more consistent parts are at the Museum Gustav 111 in Stockholm, the Vatican Museums in Rome and at the British Museum in London. Many are in private collections in England and a few pieces at the Ermitage in St. Petersburg, Kassel and others are in France and Spain.