Carnival games held on the Mount Testaccio in Rome

1558

Not on view

The subject of the print is discussed by Michael Bury, 'The Print in Italy', London 2001, cat.117 (where this print is mentioned)

Artwork Details

Title: Carnival games held on the Mount Testaccio in Rome
Artist: Monogrammist ITF (Italian (?), active ca. 1540–60)
Publisher: Vincenzo Luchino (Italian, active Rome and Venice from 1552, died Venice (?), 1569/71)
Publisher: Giovanni Orlandi (Italian, active Rome, then Naples, from ca. 1590–1613, died 1640)
Date: 1558
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 17 3/16 in. (27 × 43.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 2016
Object Number: 2016.66
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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