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Object Type
print
Museum number
1886,1124.166
Title
Object:
Vaso antico di marmo adornato di finissimi intagli ed arabeschi
Series:
Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi ...
(Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi)
Description
An antique marble vase from the Earle collection Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
School/style
Italian
Production date
1768-1778
Production place
Published in:
Rome (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
528 millimetres
(plate-mark)
Height:
725 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
382 millimetres
Width:
480 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Focillon 1918 / Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Essai de catalogue raisonné de son oeuvre
(627)
Wilton-Ely 1994 / Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the complete etchings
(914)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
vessel
antiquities
ornament
Associated names
Associated with:
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Lady Fanny Geary
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir William Geary
(Acquired in Rome in 1786)
Acquisition date
1886
Acquisition notes
See comments for 1886,1124.1
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1886,1124.166