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Allegory of Architecture
Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823)
1797
Medium/Technique
Etching and aquatint, printed in reddish-brown ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.5 x 43.7 cm (12 x 17 3/16 in.)
Platemark: 22.8 x 29.8 cm (9 x 11 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 22.8 x 29.8 cm (9 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Stephen Bullard Memorial Fund
Accession Number1991.553
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsEtched in the plate, on the stele, "RATIOCINATIO / ET FABRICA / AN. / MDCCXCVII."; etched in the plate, bottom center, "Felix Giani inv. et sculp"
ProvenanceHill-Stone, Inc., New York; from whom purchased September 25, 1991