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published 1780/1792 and 1793

Angelo Campanella

Artist, Italian, 1746 - 1811

Antonio Capellan

Artist, Italian, born c. 1740

Giovanni Volpato

Artist, Italian, 1733 - 1803

Domenico Cunego

Artist, Italian, 1726 - 1803

Camillo Tinti

Artist, Italian, c. 1738 - c. 1796

Francois Joseph Lonsing

Artist, Flemish, 1739 - 1799

Giuseppe Sforza Perini

Artist, Italian, 1748 - in or after 1795

Francesco Piranesi

Author, Italian, c. 1758 - 1810

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    2 books bound in 1 vol: part 1: ill: 40 etching and engravings (4 double-page, rest full-page, versos blank) all by Francesco Piranesi with 19 after Tommaso Piroli, 14 after Ludovico Carazzari, 3 after Bernardino Nocchi, 2 after Lorenzo Rocchegiani, 1after after Baptiste Gagneraux; part 2: ill: 40 etching and engraving (including title page, all full-page versos blank) after paintings by various artists with 21 by Domenico Cunego, 8 by Giovanni Volpato, 4 by Antonio Capellani, 3 by Camillo Tinti, 1by Angelo Campanello, 1 by François Lonsing, 1 by Joseph Perini

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    page size: 69.2 x 48 cm (27 1/4 x 18 7/8 in.)
    overall size (volume closed): 73.1 x 54 x 3.9 cm (28 3/4 x 21 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.61.2615

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

bookplate of Charles Edouard Mewes; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1985.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2000

  • Pollak et al. 2000, nos. 51, 77


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