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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, printmaker
Plate 64: Furniture and a clocks is designed for Senator Rezzonico, 1769
Description
Maker
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720-1778, Italian, printmaker
Title
Plate 64: Furniture and a clocks is designed for Senator Rezzonico
Year
1769
Medium
Etching
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Supports
Dimensions
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Plate: 38.4 x 25.2 cm (15 1/8 x 9 15/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Lettered LL: "Cavalier Piranesi inv. e inc."; lettered UR: "Quest' ortologo A... Palazzo sul Campidoglio."; lettered center left: "Alto palmi cinque"; lettered center right "A"
Numbered LR: 64
Watermarks: "AMG SERARFNI FABRIANO" (Robison 57); a fleur-de-lys in a double circle (Robison 43) Type
Credit
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Gift of Elisha C. Durfee
Object Number
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63.066.64
About
A collection of domestic fixtures designed for Senator Rezzonico's palace on the Campidoglio. From a series of 67 plates.
Lettered LL: "Cavalier Piranesi inv. e inc."; lettered UR: "Quest' ortologo A... Palazzo sul Campidoglio."; lettered center left: "Alto palmi cinque"; lettered center right "A"
Numbered LR: 64
Watermarks: "AMG SERARFNI FABRIANO" (Robison 57); a fleur-de-lys in a double circle (Robison 43)
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