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Joseph Sanders

Portrait of Alberto Thorwalson,

Description

Maker

  • Niccolo Pagni & Giuseppe Bardi
  • Vincenzo Camuccini
  • Joseph Sanders

Title

Portrait of Alberto Thorwalson

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving

Techniques

  • engraving

Supports

  • Medium weight white wove paper

Dimensions

30.8 x 22.2 cm (12 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:inscribed in pencil in LL:Berthel Thorwaldsen, Danish sculptor, 1770-1844; in LR:a-IN Plate--Inscribed under image on left:Cav. Vinc.: Camuccini dipinse; on right:Cons. Guis. Saunders inc. inFir. 1823; titled in LC:ALBERTO THORWALDSEN; inscribed in LC:In Firenze presso Niccolo Pagni e Comp.

Marks: Niccoli Pagni chopmark in LC:NP (in a circle) Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D. /MUSEUM/OF ART surounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLAND all inscribed in a circle

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift in memory of William Babcock Weeden by his children

Object Number

43.400.77

About

Portrait of Alberto Thorwalson

Original--Verso:inscribed in pencil in LL:Berthel Thorwaldsen, Danish sculptor, 1770-1844; in LR:a-IN Plate--Inscribed under image on left:Cav. Vinc.: Camuccini dipinse; on right:Cons. Guis. Saunders inc. inFir. 1823; titled in LC:ALBERTO THORWALDSEN; inscribed in LC:In Firenze presso Niccolo Pagni e Comp.

Marks: Niccoli Pagni chopmark in LC:NP (in a circle) Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D. /MUSEUM/OF ART surounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLAND all inscribed in a circle

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Age of Canova

November 6 - December 15, 1957

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Portrait of Alberto Thorwalson with the accession number of 43.400.77. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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