Vases and Candelabra (plate 96)

1778 or before

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper (proof)

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 67.6 x 43.3 cm (26 5/8 x 17 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 77.9 x 53.6 cm (30 11/16 x 21 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1992.97.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Focillon 1918, no. 704, State proof before letters

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christopher Mendez, London; purchase by NGA, 1992

Associated Names

Bibliography

1918

  • Focillon, Henri. Giovanni-Battista Piranesi; essai de catalogue raisonne de son oeuvre. Paris: Librairie Renouard, Henri Laurens, 1918.

Inscriptions

lower right plate: Cavalier Piranesi inc.; various notations overall

Wikidata ID

Q75118837

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