Portrait of Antonio Zucchi in a decorative border, from "Compendio delle vite de' pittori veneziani istorici più rinomati del presente secolo con suoi ritratti tratti dal naturale delineati ed incisi"

1762

Not on view

This print is bound in a book containing a series of 24 etched portraits and text with ornamental borders, and a title page. The book is bound in marble paper-covered boards with a vellum back and corners.

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Title: Portrait of Antonio Zucchi in a decorative border, from "Compendio delle vite de' pittori veneziani istorici più rinomati del presente secolo con suoi ritratti tratti dal naturale delineati ed incisi"
Series/Portfolio: Compendio delle vite de' pittori veneziani istorici più rinomati del presente secolo con suoi ritratti tratti dal naturale delineati ed incisi
Artist: Alessandro Longhi (Italian, Venice 1733–1813 Venice)
Sitter: Antonio Zucchi (Italian, Venice 1726–1796 Rome)
Publisher: Alessandro Longhi (Italian, Venice 1733–1813 Venice)
Date: 1762
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 19 15/16 × 14 5/8 in. (50.7 × 37.2 cm)
Plate: 14 9/16 × 10 7/8 in. (37 × 27.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1950
Object Number: 50.598.3(45)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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