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Marble Vase with a Sculptural Frieze (Plate 41 of the Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi, Tripodi...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
1768-1778
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 82.2 x 55 cm (32 3/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
Platemark: 71.6 x 36 cm (28 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Platemark: 71.6 x 36 cm (28 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession NumberM25614.41
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind, p. 87, 1778; Focillon 639; Ficacci 771
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282); verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceAlfred Greenough, Boston (1844-1884); by bequest to his uncle, Charles Henry Parker, Boston (1816-1908); his bequest to the MFA 1909 (transferred from library; accession date January 1, 1913)