Vago é mirar, come l'uman pensiero... (Shooting from the Hide), 1763

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series Title

La Caccia in valle (The Hunt in the Valley)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 63.2 × 50.9 cm (24 7/8 × 20 1/16 in.)

sheet: 64.1 × 51.3 cm (25 1/4 × 20 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

New Century Fund, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Florian Carr Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Le Blanc 1854-1888, no. 91

Accession Number

2014.176.18

Artists / Makers

Marco Alvise Pitteri (artist) Italian, 1702 - 1786

Pietro Longhi (artist after) Venetian, 1702 - 1785

Image Use

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Inscription

below image in plate: Petrus Longhi pinxit Ven; Marcus Pitteri sculpsit Ven. / Vago é mirar, come l'uman pensiero / Sovente colga con il finto il vero / Mente sagax auceps depicto saepe volucri / aerias volucres ducit in insidias

Bibliography

1854: Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 91

1922: Ravà, Aldo. Marco Pitteri incisore Veneziano. Florence, 1922: no. 276