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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate 60: Miscellaneous furniture

Description

Maker

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker

Title

Plate 60: Miscellaneous furniture
Diverse Maniere d'Adornare i Cammini

Year

1769

Medium

  • etching

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • etching

Materials

etching

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 39 x 25.6 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL: "Cavalier Piranesi inv. ed inc."
Numbered LR: 60
Watermark: a leur-de-lys in a double circle, a kidney shape above.

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 878

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Elisha C. Durfee

Object Number

63.066.60

Type

  • Prints

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker
Plate 60: Miscellaneous furniture; Diverse Maniere d'Adornare i Cammini, 1769
Etching
Plate: 39 x 25.6 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/16 inches)
Gift of Elisha C. Durfee 63.066.60

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