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

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
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[between 1768 and 1778]
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756349i
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A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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1 print : etching ; platemark ?? cm

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Al signor cavalier Giovanni Cuthbert amatore delle belle arti. In atto d'ossequio il Cavalier Gio. Batta. Piranesi D.D.D. Vaso antico di marmo di gran mole, che si rende particolare per l'eleganza de suoi manichi, quali formano tutto il principale ornamento di esso, e si vede nel cortile del monistero di S.Cecilia in Trastevere.

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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, p. 264 (Cuthbert)

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Wellcome Collection 756349i

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