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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate 64: Furniture and a clocks is designed for Senator Rezzonico

Description

Maker

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker

Title

Plate 64: Furniture and a clocks is designed for Senator Rezzonico
, from Diverse Maniere d'Adornare i Cammini... (Diverse ways of Ornamenting Chimneypieces...)

Year

1769

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 38.4 x 25.2 cm (15 1/8 x 9 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL: "Cavalier Piranesi inv. e inc."; lettered UR: "Quest' ortologo A... Palazzo sul Campidoglio."; lettered center left: "Alto palmi cinque"; lettered center right "A"
Numbered LR: 64
Watermarks: "AMG SERARFNI FABRIANO" (Robison 57); a fleur-de-lys in a double circle (Robison 43)

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 885

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Elisha C. Durfee

Object Number

63.066.64

Type

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker
Plate 64: Furniture and a clocks is designed for Senator Rezzonico; , from Diverse Maniere d'Adornare i Cammini... (Diverse ways of Ornamenting Chimneypieces...), 1769
Etching
Plate: 38.4 x 25.2 cm (15 1/8 x 9 15/16 inches)
Gift of Elisha C. Durfee 63.066.64

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