Specifications
| Title | Ancient Monument, Two Vases |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Etching |
| Object type |
Print
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 510 mm Width 365 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Graphic artist:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
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| Accession number | BdH Boek 3 a 50 (PK) |
| Credits | Gift Dr J.C.J. Bierens de Haan, 1937 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1937 |
| Creation date | in 1778 |
| Signature | lower left: Cavalier Piranesi inc. |
| Watermark | fleur-de-lis in double circle with monogram CB above (90 x 56 mm, lower center, to the left, P3 from below; vV, 17P, plano; similar to Robison 36 bis?) |
| Inscriptions | upper right: 49; dedication in image: Al Signor Giovanni Taylor Cavaliere Inglese / amatore delle belle arti / In atto d’ossequio il Caval. Gio. Batta Piranesi D. D. D.; in image: Monument antico che … Eccza / Milord Palmerston. |
| 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. 647; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 934; Stuttgart 1999, no. 13.50 |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Etching
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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