[Choix des meilleures statues antiques]
published 1780/1792 and 1793
Artist, Italian, 1746 - 1811
Artist, Italian, born c. 1740
Artist, Italian, 1733 - 1803
Artist, Italian, 1726 - 1803
Artist, Italian, c. 1738 - c. 1796
Artist, Flemish, 1739 - 1799
Artist, Italian, 1748 - in or after 1795
Author, Italian, c. 1758 - 1810
Artwork overview
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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
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Credit Line
Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, David K.E. Bruce Fund
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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
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