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Vase with Monstrous Grasshoppers

in or before 1789

Benigno Bossi

Artist, Italian, 1727 - 1792

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, David K.E. Bruce Fund
Accession

1985.61.2601.p7

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Raccolta di disegni originali di Francesco Mazzola detto il Parmigianino tolti dal Gabinetto Sanvitali, Incisi da Benigno Bossi

Benigno Bossi

1789

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1994

Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, as Vase with Monstrous Grasshoppers, in Suite des Vases Tirée du Cabinet de Monsieur Du Tillot Marquis de Felino.

Wikidata ID

Q75123000

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