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Freggi dell'architettura

Print
1648-1680 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of ornament cut from plate 43.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleFreggi dell'architettura (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Agostino Mitelli. Ornament cut from plate 43 from a suite of 48 friezes, including title plate, after drawings by Mitelli of pilaster decorations on the portal of the church of S. Bartolomeo di Porta Ravegnana in Bologna, titled 'Freggi dell' architettura', dedicated to Hettore Chisilieri. Italian, 1648-1680.
Physical description
Portion of ornament cut from plate 43.
Dimensions
  • Cut to approx. height: 6.8cm
  • Cut to approx. width: 7.7cm
Object history
Later copy after a plate from Mitellis suite entitled 'Freggi dell' architettura' first published in 1645. This later copy has a second border line either side of the frieze.
Bibliographic reference
Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenthy Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 3, 1150-1198.
Collection
Accession number
24952:4

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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