Three marble candelabras. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
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[between 1768 and 1778]
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757044i
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Three marble candelabras. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The central candelabra is described in extenso in the lettering: three hippogryphs at the base support a ledge on which are three tortoises which in turn support three rams' heads representing sacrificial animals and at the same time guardians of Pan, together with flowers, fruit, stalks, leaves, birds etc.

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

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1 print : etching ; platemark approximately 45 x 69 cm

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Lettering

Candelabro antico geometricamente disegnato che si vede nel museo del cavalier Piranesi alto palmi 12, onc. 10. Candelabro di marmo antico disegnato da un basso relievo etrusco che si vede presso l'autore. Candelabro di marmo antico disegnato da un basso relievo che si vede presso l'autore. Al signor Carlo Morris cavaliere inglese. ... Questo candelabro, o signore, è stato da me resarcito nelle sue mancanze, e voi stesso dopo averlo ben considerato come uomo di abilità e gran giudizio in queste arti ne approvaste l'opera. In atto d' ossequio il cavalier Gio. Batt.a Piranesi. Cavaliere Piranesi disegnò 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, p. 683 (Charles Morris)

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Wellcome Collection 757044i

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