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and art theorist johann joachim winckelmann who arrived in rome . at the academy he, along with other students, came under the influence of giovanni battista piranesi , who had lived in rome since and who set a heightened focus on antiquities as artistic subject matter. wiedewelt visited private collections
after he had been ordered home to denmark by the academy. he traveled back in the company of friend, neoclassical painter johan edvard mandelberg . they traveled over caprarola , siena , florence , pisa , carrara , lucca , bologna , padua , venice , and trieste where they studied the local art collections...
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