Raccolta di disegni originali di Francesco Mazzola detto il Parmigianino tolti dal Gabinetto Sanvitali, Incisi da Benigno Bossi
published 1789
Artist, Italian, 1727 - 1792
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with 180 etchings, some with engraving, aquatint, wash manner, or chalk manner, printed in black and brown inks, on wove paper
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Credit Line
Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, David K.E. Bruce Fund
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Dimensions
book: 50.5 × 35 × 4 cm (19 7/8 × 13 3/4 × 1 9/16 in.)
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Accession
1985.61.2601
Associated Artworks
Vase with Monstrous Grasshoppers
Benigno Bossi
1780
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1994
Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, as Vase with Monstrous Grasshoppers, in Suite des Vases Tirée du Cabinet de Monsieur Du Tillot Marquis de Felino.
Bibliography
2000
Pollak et al. 2000, no. 23
Inscriptions
in gold-tooled letters on red leather label on spine of black-leather binding: PETITOT / ET / BOSSI
Markings
inside front cover: bookplates of Charles Frederic and John Harris