Diversi ornati delle Pareti, Volte, e Pavimenti di Mosaico (Different ornaments of the walls, vaults and mosaic floors)

Elisabeth Quevanne, French, 1648 - 1711

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published in Paris 1808

Etching on wove paper

1st Paris edition

Frame: 19 1/2 × 13 1/4 in. (49.5 × 33.7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Trevor Fairbrother and John T. Kirk

2011.63.41

Portfolio / Series Title

Plate XI from Diversi ornati delle Pareti, Volte, e Pavimenti di Musaico esistenti nelle cammere della Casa di Campagnia di Pompeia (Different ornaments of the existing walls, vaults, and mosaic floors in the room of the House of the Country in Pompeii)

Publisher

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

19th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

In plate, top right: Jav. XI.; in plate, bottom left: Elisabeth Quevanne Sculpt. [t superscript]; in plate, bottom center: Pavimento di Musaico a figura di Stella. / Nella Casa di Campagnia. À Pompeïa.

Exhibition History

"Collecting and Sharing: Trevor Fairbrother, John T. Kirk, and the Hood Museum of Art", Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 22-December 6, 2015.

Provenance

Childs Gallery, Boston; sold to Trevor Fairbrother and John T. Kirk, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 2011.

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