Image
Description
Maker
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720-1778, Italian, printmaker
Title
Plate 57: Furniture designed for Cardinal Rezzonico
Year
1769
Medium
etching
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Supports
Dimensions
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Top plate: 39.2 x 25.6 cm (15 7/16 x 10 1/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Lettered on the bottom plate: "Questo tavolino ed... Clemente XIII."; lettered LR on bottom plate: "Cavalier Piranesi inv. e inc."
Inscribed in pen and ink LR: 57 Type
Credit
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Gift of Elisha C. Durfee
Object Number
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63.066.57
About
Furniture including a sidetable designed for Cardinal Rezzonico, a notable patron of Piranesi. From a series of 67 plates.
Lettered on the bottom plate: "Questo tavolino ed... Clemente XIII."; lettered LR on bottom plate: "Cavalier Piranesi inv. e inc."
Inscribed in pen and ink LR: 57
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