View of the Villa Pisani

Giovanni Francesco Costa Italian

1730–72

Not on view

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Title: View of the Villa Pisani
Artist: Giovanni Francesco Costa (Italian, Venice, 1711–1772/73)
Date: 1730–72
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 9 15/16 × 13 3/16 in. (25.2 × 33.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/8 in. × 15 in. (28.2 × 38.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Object Number: 2012.136.338
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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