A marble vase placed on a pedestal. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
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[between 1768 and 1778]
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757042i
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The vase is equipped with snake handles and carved with cupids plucking grapes among vines

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

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1 print : etching ; platemark 57 x 37.5 cm

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Veduta di fianco in prospettiva del vaso del sig. cav. Gorgio Grenville, dove parimenti si dimostra l'altra veduta del pulvinare di già delineato nella tavola precedente. A sua eccellenza monsig.r Giovanni Potenziani governator di Roma amatore delle belle arti. In atto d' ossequio il cavalier Gio. Batt.a Piranesi D.D.D.. Cav. Piranesi f.

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. 428

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Wellcome Collection 757042i

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