Specifications
| Title | Carro o Biga di Metallo Antico Etrusco usato ne Giuochi Cirecensi |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Etching |
| Object type |
Print
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 341 mm Width 305 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Designer:
Francesco Piranesi
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| Accession number | BdH Boek 3 a 14 (PK) |
| Credits | Gift Dr J.C.J. Bierens de Haan, 1937 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1937 |
| Creation date | in 1781 |
| Signature | lower left: Francesco Piranesi disegnò ed incise |
| Watermark | two watermarks: letters BRACCIANO (15 x 95 mm, left center, upside down, P4-7 from the left; vH, 24P, plano; similar to Robison 59); crowned ornamental shield with lion climbing to the left, below two incense burners (165 x 124 mm, right center, upside down, P4-8 from the right; vH, 24P, plano; similar to Robison 64) |
| Inscriptions | upper left: 13; dedication under image: Alla Santità di Nostro Signore PIO SESTO Pontefice Massimo dell’Erudizione, e delle Arti Splendissimo Promotre / Francesco Piranesi D. D. D.; in and under image: Carro o Biga … delle guardie Pontificie. |
| Collector | Collector / J.C.J. Bierens de Haan |
| Provenance | ; - ; Sir E.H. Scott (1842-1883), Lytchett Minster; - ; G. Rapilly (1863-1943), art dealer, Paris; on 30.12.1936 acquired by J.C.J. Bierens de Haan (1867-1951, L.451e), Amsterdam; donated to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in 1937 |
| Research |
Show research Piranesi on Paper |
| Literature | Focillon 1918, no. after 613; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. after 900; Stuttgart 1999, no. 13.14 |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Etching
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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