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A marble vase on a tripod. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
- Date
- [between 1768 and 1778]
- Reference
- 756994i
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Credit: A marble vase on a tripod. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
A vase carved with young women in procession, placed on a tripod guarded by gryphons
Publication/Creation
[Rome] : [publisher not identified], [between 1768 and 1778]
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 53 x 39 cm
Lettering
Vaso antico che si vede nella villa di sua eminenza il sig.r card.Alessandro Albani fuori di Porta Salara. Posa questo vaso sopra un tripode che si conserva nel Museo Capitolino. All' illustrissimo e reverendissimo sig.re Monsignor Giammaria Riminaldi Uditore della Sagra Rota, amatore delle belle arti in atto d'ossequio il cavalier Giovanni Batt.a Piranesi. Cavalier Piranesi del. ed inc.
Lettering note
Porta Salara: Porta Salaria, site of the later Piazza Fiume
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 756994i
Type/Technique
Languages
- Italian
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores