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Freggi dell'architettura

Etching
1648-1680 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (Engraver)
Langlois (Publisher)
Place of origin
Bologna (printed)
Rome (printed)

Etching.

Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Etching
TitleFreggi dell'architettura (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Plate 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
Etching.
Dimensions
  • Plate mark height: 33.4cm
  • Plate mark width: 8.3cm
Object history
Copy in reverse of E.3327-1911, published in 1645 as part of the 1st edition of the 'Freggi dell' architettura' by Mitelli.
Bibliographic reference
Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenthy Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 3, 1150-1198.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
29899:16

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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