The statue of a lively, leaping pig. Engraving by I. Frezza after G.E. Morghen (?).

  • Morghen, Giovanni Elia, 1721-approximately 1789.
Date:
1700-1799
Reference:
40079i
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The statue of a lively, leaping pig. Engraving by I. Frezza after G.E. Morghen (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1700-1799

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 13 x 16.7 cm

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Lettering

Ah potessi io pur vivere Come vivesti tu! ; GM ; Isidoro Frezza sc. Translation of lettering: Ah, if only I could live as you lived!

References note

G.K. Nagler, Die Monogrammisten, vol 2, Munich and Leipzig 1860, p. 154, no. 403

Reference

Wellcome Collection 40079i

Creator/production credits

The GM monogram is similar to one recorded by Nagler, loc. cit., as being the mark of Giovanni Elia Morghen. Both G.E. Morghen and Isidoro Frezza worked on the volumes of Delle antichità di Ercolano, Naples 1757-1789

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