An urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
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[between 1768 and 1778]
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756455i
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[Rome] : [publisher not identified], [between 1768 and 1778]

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1 print : etching ; platemark 39 x 26 cm

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Vaso cinerario antico, che si vede sopra la porta dell' ingresso del palazzo della villa Panfili. Dedicato all' ill.ma signora Harriot Walter S. amatrice delle belle arti in atto d'ossequio il cavaliere Gio. Batt.a Piranesi D.D.D. 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

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Wellcome Collection 756455i

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