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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Vases and Candelabra (plate 101), 1778 or before

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series Title

Vasi, candelabri, cippi...

Medium

etching on laid paper (proof)

Dimensions

plate: 69.4 x 35.3 cm (27 5/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

sheet: 77.1 x 53.8 cm (30 3/8 x 21 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Focillon 1918, no. 709, State proof before letters

Accession Number

1992.97.4

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (artist) Venetian, 1720 - 1778

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Inscription

lower left plate: Piranesi F

Provenance

Christopher Mendez, London; purchase by NGA, 1992

Associated Names

Mendez, Christopher

Exhibition History

1994: Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, as Candelabrum, Plate 101 from Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi.

Bibliography

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

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