Di Due Spelonche ornate dagli Antichi alla Riva del Lago Albano [Two Nymphaea of Ancient Design on the Shore of Lake Albano], 1762

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Medium

bound volume with etched and engraved headpiece for text, 5 single-page, 5 double-page, and 1 folding etched illustrations

Dimensions

page size: 57.5 x 40 cm (22 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
book: 60 x 40 x 4 cm (23 5/8 x 15 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

William B. O'Neal Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Focillon 1918, no. 492, State -504

Accession Number

2001.116.1.c

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (artist) Venetian, 1720 - 1778

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Provenance

Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire (not in Lugt); (sale, Sotheby's London, 8 May 1986, no. 109); Adrian Eeles; (sale, Sotheby's London, 6 December 2000, no. 31); (David Tunick, Inc., New York); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Tunick, Inc., David

Bibliography

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