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installation of Cleopatra’s Needle in Central Park.

October 4, 2014

Crowds watch the erection of Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park in 1881.

3500 Year Old Egyptian Obelisk, 'Cleopatra's Needle', being erected in Central Park, NYC.

  • Works on Paper
    • Veduta della Piazza di S. Marco, Venice: A Rediscovered Drawing by Luca Carlevarijs
    • Vernet Drawing, Picturing Himself, Piranesi, and Clerisseau Sketching at Hadrian’s Villa, Highlights “All Roads Lead to Rome”
  • Decorative Arts
    • Chrysler Museum Acquires Rare 19th C. Tabletop for its Celebrated Collection
  • Paintings
    • A Re-discovered 17th c. Capriccio By Giovanni Ghisolfi is Identified and Conserved by Piraneseum
  • Models
    • Tiffany & Co. Archives Acquires Piraneseum’s 19th C. Model of New York’s Cleopatra’s Needle, Made by Tiffany & Co.
  • News
    • Christie’s tells the story of “Souvenirs from the Grand Tour”
    • Piraneseum in Christie’s Exceptional Sale, April 20, 2018
    • “Casanova: The Seduction of Europe” Illuminates 18th C. Europe with a Spectacular Group of Paintings
    • A House or A Museum? Piraneseum video by Curbed.com
    • All Roads Lead to Rome – SFO Museum Exhibition of Architectural Mementos From Piraneseum’s Collection
    • Piraneseum Ghisolfi Capriccio is Cover of Monumental New Work About Italian Ruins Paintings