Miniature Cannon
1670
Orazio Antonio Alberghetti
Artist, Venetian, 1656 - c. 1690
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze, on wooden carriage
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (length): 109.22 cm (43 in.)
cannon alone: 64 cm (25 3/16 in.)
overall (width): 40.64 cm (16 in.)
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Accession
2022.181.10
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Artwork history & notes
Bibliography
2004
Radcliffe, Anthony and Nicholas Penny. Art of the Renaissance Bronze, 1500-1650. London, 2004: 17, 64-67, 298, repro. no. 10.
Inscriptions
on the base of the breech: HORAT. ANTONIVS ALBERGHET.F.
farther up the barrel: SACRATVM TIBI RESONO
above mid-barrel: C. HIER. MORETI/MARCH. BVRG. ET.C/AN. MDCLXX