Dedication to Carolo Theodoro with Apelles
1771
Artist, Italian, born 1726
Artist, Italian, 1720 - 1785
Artist, Italian, born 1726
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching with engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
New Century Fund, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Florian Carr Fund
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Dimensions
page size: 37.6 × 52.5 cm (14 13/16 × 20 11/16 in.)
plate: 31.9 × 43.6 cm (12 9/16 × 17 3/16 in.) -
Accession
2014.176.10.1
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Cesare Morini, Milan (d. 2013); his widow, Karin Wachtel, Milan; (Stanza del Borgo, Milan); purchased by NGA, 2014.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on monument in image: SERENISSIMO ET POTENTISSIMO PRINCIPI / CAROLO THEODORO / COMITI PALATINO RHENI / S.R.I. ACHITEHES. ET ELECTORI BAVARIAE DUCI, / SCIENTIARUM, BONARUMQUE ARTIUM OMNIUM / CULTORI, ET FAUTORI EXIMIO / TABULAS HASCE AERE CUSAS / QUA VETERUM, QUA RECENTIORUM AEDIFICANDI RATIONEM / TUM QUAEDAM DELINEANDI ARTIS SPECIMINA EXHIBENTES / PETRUS GASPARI PICTOR VENETUS / DEMISSISSIME / DICAT. DEDICAT. CONSECCRAT. / VENETIIS ANNO MDCCLXXI.; lower left in plate: Petrus Gaspari Inv. Del. et Sculp.; lower center in plate: CUM PRIVILEGIO EXCELLENTISS. VENETIARUM SENATUS.; lower right in plate: Ioseph Lante hasce Figuras Sculp.
Wikidata ID
Q77016190