Image
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Description
Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker
Title
Plate 57: Furniture designed for Cardinal Rezzonico
, from Diverse Maniere d'Adornare i Cammini... (Diverse ways of Ornamenting Chimneypieces...)
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
etchingSupports
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 Identification
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Standard Reference Number
Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 884 Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Elisha C. Durfee
Object Number
63.066.57 Type
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