A marble vase on a tripod. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
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[between 1768 and 1778]
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756994i
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A marble vase on a tripod. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A vase carved with young women in procession, placed on a tripod guarded by gryphons

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[Rome] : [publisher not identified], [between 1768 and 1778]

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1 print : etching ; platemark 53 x 39 cm

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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. Porta Salara: Porta Salaria, site of the later Piazza Fiume

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Wellcome Collection 756994i

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