Vases and Candelabra (plate 101)

1778 or before

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper (proof)

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    1992.97.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Focillon 1918, no. 709, State proof before letters

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christopher Mendez, London; purchase by NGA, 1992

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

lower left plate: Piranesi F

Wikidata ID

Q75118944

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