Antichità d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo; Descrizione e disegno dell'Emissario del Lago Albano; Di due Spelonche Ornate Dagli Antichi Alla Riva Del Lago Albano, published 1762

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Medium

3 works bound in 1 vol: ill: 1st part: etched and engraved title page, double-page dedication, and 29 etching and engravings (12 full-page, 12 double-page, 1 folding (2 plates pasted together), 4 small plates printed 2 to a page, versos blank); 2ndpart: etched and engraved title page plus 9 etching and engravings (1 full-page, 7 double-page, 1 folding (2 plates pasted together), versos blank); 3rd part: 12 etching and engravings (6 full-page, 5 double-page, 1 folding (2 plates pasted together),versos blank

Dimensions

page size: 59 x 43.2 cm (23 1/4 x 17 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 60.3 x 46.5 x 5.3 cm (23 3/4 x 18 5/16 x 2 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Focillon 1918, no. 480, State -504; 505-536

Accession Number

1983.49.75

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (author) Venetian, 1720 - 1778

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (artist) Venetian, 1720 - 1778

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Provenance

Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.

Associated Names

Millard, Mark Jacob

Bibliography

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

1922: Hind, Arthur M. Giovanni Battista Piranesi; a critical study with a list of his published works and detailed catalogues of the prisons and the views of Rome. London: Cotswold Gallery; New York: E. Weyhe, 1922.

2000: Pollak et al. 2000, nos.92,93,94