Opera Varie Di Architettura Prospettiva Grotteschi Antichità sul Gusto Degli Antichi Romani Inventate, ed Incise Da Gio. Batista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano
published 1761
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (author)
Author, Venetian, 1720 - 1778
Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 vol: etchings: contents include: title page for "Opere Varie", 2nd ed. of 1761 (F.120a); two plates (F.121, 122) from the early Paris ed. of the "Opera Varie"; and 10 plates (F.123-132) from an early 19th century edition of the "Opera Varie"
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 53 x 39.5 cm (20 7/8 x 15 9/16 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 53.7 x 41.2 x 1.4 cm (21 1/8 x 16 1/4 x 9/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1983.49.72
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Catalogue Raisonné
Focillon 1918, no. 120, State a
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Charles Edouard Mewes (bookplate); Mark J. Millard, New York; gift to NGA, 1983.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1918
Focillon, Henri. Giovanni-Battista Piranesi; essai de catalogue raisonne de son oeuvre. Paris: Librairie Renouard, Henri Laurens, 1918.
2000
Pollak et al. 2000, nos.83,98