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Italia antiqua, 2014-15

GPC-1842

Pencil, black ink and collage on black paper applied to white paper

50 x 70 cm

Titled, signed, and dated on the verso, centre: “ “Italia antiqua” / Giulio Paolini / 2014-15”

Private collection, Milan

Figure: Lorenzo Bartolini, Le ballerine, ante 1821, plaster model, h 167 cm, Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence; reproduction from the cover of Lorenzo Bartolini, exhibition catalogue, Prato, Palazzo Pretorio (Florence: Centro Di, 1978).
Background image: Circus Flaminius E Veterum Monumentis In Lucem Eductus, engraving, 42.4 x 54 cm, in Theatrum Civitatum at Admirandorum Italiæ (Amsterdam: Ioannis Blaeu, 1663).

Entry by Maddalena Disch, 07/08/2026