print; book of prints

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Object Type: print; book of prints
Museum number: 1938,0226.1.1-53
Title: Object: Compendio delle Vite de' Pittori Veneziani istorici
Description: "Compendio delle Vite de' Pittori Veneziani istorici più rinomati del presente secolo con suoi ritratti tratti dal naturale delineati ed incisi da Alessandro Longhi veneziano" (Venice, A. Longhi) 1762; containing 24 portraits of Venetian artists each printed within a fanciful rococo frame and accompanied by a separate plate of etched text, decorated with border and vignettes, giving biographical details. Bound in vellum together with etched titlepage, two dedicatory etchings to Francesco Pisani, and special privilege plate. Etchings, printed on laid paper
Producer name: Print made by: Alessandro Longhi; Published by: Alessandro Longhi
School/style
Production date: 1762
Production place: Published in: Venice (city)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 505 millimetres (sheet size of each page); Width: 360 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Each portrait was etched on a separate plate before being printed with the same decorative frame. In other words, there are usually multiple platemarks on a single sheet, the different components--portrait and frame, or text, vignette and border--requiring separate printings. Other bibliographical references: Brunet III, 1151; Cicognana 2306.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: draughtsman/painter; arts and sciences
Associated names: Portrait of: Nicolò Bambini; Portrait of: Sebastiano Ricci; Portrait of: Gregorio Lazarini; Portrait of: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta; Portrait of: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo; Portrait of: Giambettino Cignaroli; Portrait of: Jacopo Amigoni; Portrait of: Giovanni Battista Pittoni; Portrait of: Gaspare Diziani; Portrait of: Giuseppe Nogari; Portrait of: Giuseppe Camerata; Portrait of: Pietro Longhi; Portrait of: Giuseppe Angeli; Portrait of: Jacopo Guarana; Portrait of: Francesco Fontebasso; Portrait of: Domenico Maggiotto; Portrait of: Antonio Marinetti; Portrait of: Fabio Canal; Portrait of: Francesco Zugno; Portrait of: Francesco Polazzo; Portrait of: Antonio Zucchi; Portrait of: Marieschi, Jacopo; Portrait of: Pietro Novelli; Portrait of: Alessandro Longhi; Associated with: Francesco Pisani (dedicatee)
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1938
Acquisition notes: Name of a previous owner is inscribed on end paper -- "Alessandro Va[..]i".
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1938,0226.1.1-53

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