[A collection of plates, including etchings of Pompeii after Desprez, views of the Vatican, and the large plan of Hadrian's villa at Tivoli]

published late 1780s

Nicolas Dorigny

Artist, French, 1652 or 1658 - 1746

Francesco Piranesi

Artist, Italian, c. 1758 - 1810

Girolamo Carattoni

Artist, Italian, active 1785 - c. 1809

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    1 vol: ill: 23 etching and engravings (2 full-page, 2 folding, rest double-page, versos blank), 12 by Francesco Piranesi, 6 by Piranesi after Louis-Jean Desprez, 2 by Girolamo Carattoni after Tomasso Piroli, 1 by Nicolas Dorigny after Raphael, 1 byDorigny after Baldassare Franceschini (signed as Daniele da Volterra), 1 unsigned

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

  • Dimensions

    page size: 66.3 x 47.5 cm (26 1/8 x 18 11/16 in.)
    overall size (volume closed): 67.8 x 49.8 x 2.5 cm (26 11/16 x 19 5/8 x 1 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.49.68

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles Edouard Mewes; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2000

  • Pollak et al. 2000, no. 78

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