A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Date:
[between 1768 and 1778]
Reference:
756910i
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Description

The vase has four handles in the form of eagles' heads

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 39 x 26 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Dedicato a sua eccellenza Milord Fortrose peritissimo in tutte le arti liberali in atto d'ossequio il cavaliere Gio. Batt.a Piranesi. Vaso antico di marmo che si vede in Inghilterra presso il signor Dalton cavaliere inglese. 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. 270 (Dalton), 373 (Fortrose)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 756910i

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