Tomb of Alexander VIII

Giovanni Battista Sintes, Italian, 1680 - 1760

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1715

Engraving on wove paper

Plate: 11 1/4 × 7 11/16 in. (28.6 × 19.5 cm)

Sheet: 20 3/16 × 15 in. (51.2 × 38.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert Dance, Class of 1977

PR.993.42.40

Portfolio / Series Title

Numismata summorum pontificum Templi Vaticani fabricam indicantia

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

1600-1800

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed, in plate, lower right: Jo. Bapt. Sintes Sculp.; inscribed, in plate, lower left: Comes. Carolus Henricus Martinus Inventor.; inscribed, in plate, lower center: Nicolaus Riciolinus del.; inscribed, in plate, upper left: TA BVLA 37; inscribed, in plate, in image, below center: ALEXANDER VIII OF [illeg.]/VENETVS/PONTIFEX MAXIMUS; inscribed, in graphite, lower right: 1689-91.

Exhibition History

Living with Sculpture: Presence and Power in Europe, 1400–1750, Citrin Family Gallery and Engles Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 23, 2024–March 22, 2025.

Provenance

Robert Dance, New York, New York; given to present collection, 1993.

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