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Cristoforo dall'Acqua

Allegory of the Universal System of the World (Tabula Riveriana Prima)

Description

Maker

Cristoforo dall&#039
Acqua (Italian, 1734-1787), printmaker

Title

Allegory of the Universal System of the World (Tabula Riveriana Prima)

Year

1772

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

hand coloring

Supports

Dimensions

68.9 x 47 cm (27 1/8 x 18 1/2 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL: "Felix Boscarati Veronensis Pinxit" and LR: "Christophorus ab Aqua Vicentinus delineacit et sculpsit Veronae Anno 1772"
Lettered LC, below image: "Mundi Vetus, Recens: Hinc Posterum Universale Systema [...] Tabula Riveriana Prima"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

66.298

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Venetian Drawings and Prints of the 18th Century
Jan 12, 1967 – Feb 05, 1967

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Tombstone

Cristoforo dall'Acqua (Italian, 1734-1787), printmaker
After Felice Boscarati (Italian, 1721-1807), designer
Allegory of the Universal System of the World (Tabula Riveriana Prima), 1772
etching; engraving; hand coloring
68.9 x 47 cm (27 1/8 x 18 1/2 inches) (plate)
Museum Works of Art Fund 66.298

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