DAC Collection Search - Antique Monument and Two Vases

☰ Open Filter >>

Object Results

Showing 15 of 18

Print this page

No image available.

Bookmark (persistent url): https://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/objects-1/info/11569

Antique Monument and Two Vases

18th century
18th century
535 x 385 mm (21.1 x 15.2 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching

Series: from Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi, Tripodi, Lucerne, ed Ornamenti Antichi Disegn. ed Incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batta. Piranesi

Marks: Signed in plate, lower left

Bibliography: Focillon 647; Petrucci (1953) 555; Wilton-Ely 934 and p. 1012 for remarks.

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892)

Accession Number: Retrospective TBD

Keywords Click a term to view the records with the same keyword

This object has the following keywords:

monuments, ornament*

monuments
ornament - Decorative forms that are an integral part of a building or object but are not essential to its structure. Regarding techniques of embellishment in general, use "decoration (process)." [November 1990 descriptor moved.]

Dimensions

plate Dimensions: 535 x 385 mm (21.1 x 15.2 in.)

DAC Downloadable Open Access Image

No open access image available

Credit Caption

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Antique Monument and Two Vases, 18th century. From Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi, Tripodi, Lucerne, ed Ornamenti Antichi Disegn. ed Incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batta. Piranesi. Etching. plate : 535 x 385 mm (21.1 x 15.2 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).

Your search criteria: Keyword is "ECTT" and [Objects]Display Artist is "Giovanni Battista Piranesi".

Showing 15 of 18

View current selection of records as:

LIDO XML