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

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Date:
[between 1768 and 1778]
Reference:
756454i
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Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 39 x 26 cm

Lettering

Vaso antico di marmo ornato di vari intrecci di frondi, a festoni. Si vede in Inghilterra presso il signor cavaliere Edvard Walter nella sua villa a Berry Hill nella contea di Surry. 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, p. 977

Reference

Wellcome Collection 756454i

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