A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Date:
[between 1768 and 1778]
Reference:
756988i
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Description

A vase with dolphin handles, placed on a base guarded by winged sphinxes

Publication/Creation

[Rome] : [publisher not identified], [between 1768 and 1778]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 39 x 26 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Al sig. Guglielmo Bekford cavaliere inglese amatore, e seguace delle belle arti in atto d'ossequio il cavaliere Gio Batt.a Piranesi D.D.D. Vaso antico che si vede nella villa di sua eminenza il sig.r cardinale Alesandro Albani fuori di Porta Salara. Porta Salara: Porta Salaria, site of the later Piazza Fiume

References note

John Ingamells, A dictionary of British and Irish travellers in Italy, 1701-1800 compiled from the Brinsley Ford archive, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1997, pp. 71-73

Reference

Wellcome Collection 756988i

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