A marble tripod on a base: perspective and plan. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
- Date:
- [between 1768 and 1778]
- Reference:
- 756489i
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[Rome] : [publisher not identified], [between 1768 and 1778]
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1 print : etching ; platemark 39 x 26 cm
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Apresso il Cav. Weddel in Inghilterra. Nel museo del Cavalier Piranesi in Roma. Cavalier Piranesi del. e inc.
References note
John Ingamells, A dictionary of British and Irish travellers in Italy, 1701-1800 compiled from the Brinsley Ford archive, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1997, pp. 986-987 (the tripod was bought by Weddell and is at Newby Hall, Yorks.)
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Wellcome Collection 756489i
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