Specifications
| Title | Title-page: Observations on the Letter from M. Mariette |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Etching |
| Object type |
Print
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 397 mm Width 252 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Graphic artist:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
|
| Accession number | BdH Boek 1 47 (PK) |
| Credits | Gift Dr J.C.J. Bierens de Haan, 1938 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1938 |
| Creation date | in 1765 |
| Signature | lower left: Piranesi F. |
| Watermark | fleur-de-lis in double circle with monogram CB above (75 x 51 mm, lower center, to the left, P4 from below; vV, 17P, plano; similar to Robison 38) |
| Inscriptions | in image: In Roma / MDCCLXV / Con licenza / de’Superiori.; in image: Osservazioni / Di Gio Battista Piranesi / sopra la/ Lettre de M. Mariette / aux auteurs de la Gezette / Litteraire de l’Europe, / Inserita nel / Supplemento dell’istessa / Gazzetta stampata / Dimanche 4. Novembre / MDCCLIV. |
| Collector | Collector / J.C.J. Bierens de Haan |
| Provenance | ; - ; Library of the Earl of Erbach (?-?, L.?), Erbach; - ; G. Rapilly (1863-1943), art dealer, Paris; on 15.06.1937 acquired by J.C.J. Bierens de Haan (1867-1951, L.451e), Amsterdam; donated to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in 1938 |
| Research |
Show research Piranesi on Paper |
| Literature | Focillon 1918, no. 967; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 799 |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Etching
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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