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Iconic Prints on View at the National Gallery of Scotland

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Vedute di Roma "Anfiteatro Flavio, detto il Colosseo", 1750. - Etching on paper: 38.00 x 54.00 cm. Courtesy of National Gallery of Scotland.

EDINBURGH.- A collection of iconic prints, by some of
the finest European artists of the past 500 years, will be on show at the
National Gallery of Scotland this spring.
“The Printmaker’s Art”
will highlight the enormous skill of artists such as Rembrandt, Piranesi,
Hogarth, Manet and Whistler, and will include some of the most beautiful
and accomplished prints ever made. On view 20 February through 23
May, 2010.