Diversi ornati delle Pareti, Volte, e Pavimenti di Mosaico (Different ornaments of the walls, vaults and mosaic floors)
Elisabeth Quevanne, French, 1648 - 1711
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
Research Area
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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