Opera Varie Di Architettura Prospettiva Grotteschi Antichità sul Gusto Degli Antichi Romani Inventate, ed Incise Da Gio. Batista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano, published 1761

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Medium

1 vol: etchings: contents include: title page for "Opere Varie", 2nd ed. of 1761 (F.120a); two plates (F.121, 122) from the early Paris ed. of the "Opera Varie"; and 10 plates (F.123-132) from an early 19th century edition of the "Opera Varie"

Dimensions

page size: 53 x 39.5 cm (20 7/8 x 15 9/16 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 53.7 x 41.2 x 1.4 cm (21 1/8 x 16 1/4 x 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Focillon 1918, no. 120, State a

Accession Number

1983.49.72

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (author) Venetian, 1720 - 1778

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (artist) Venetian, 1720 - 1778

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Provenance

Charles Edouard Mewes (bookplate); Mark J. Millard, New York; gift to NGA, 1983.

Associated Names

Mewes, Charles Edouard
Millard, Mark Jacob

Bibliography

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

2000: Pollak et al. 2000, nos.83,98