Three marble vases. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
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[between 1768 and 1778]
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756385i
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Description

The central vase is placed on a funerary monument

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 53 x 39 cm

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Lettering

All'ill.mo sig.r Francesco conte de Bressac moschettiere della seconda compagnia del Re Cristianissimo amatore delle belle arti in segno d'ossequio il cavaliere Gio Batt.a Piranesi D.D.D. Vasi antichi di marmo eccellentemente scolpiti, si vedono in Inghilterra presso il signor cavalier Townley, trasportativi nell' anno 1768. Cavalier Piranesi f.

Creator/production credits

Dedicated to the Count de Bressac: possibly Marie François Dauphin de Bressac (1757?-1835)? The Bibliothèque nationale de France gives his birth date as 1762, which might be too late for this print

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, pp. 946-948 (Townley)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 756385i

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