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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756990i
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A vase with carved masks representing according to Piranesi either the four seasons or the four ages of man

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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 di marmo ch'è ornato di quattro maschere sceniche rappresentanti le quattro stagioni o sieno le quattro età dell'uomo. Si vede all'ingresso del palazzo della villa Borghese. Al sig.r Guglielmo Beckford cavaliere inglese amatore e seguace delle belle arti in atto d'ossequio il cavaliere Gio Batt.a Piranesi D.D.D. Cavaliere Piranesi del. ed 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. 71-73

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Wellcome Collection 756990i

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