Grotesques: detail of the stucco reliefs decorating the Colosseum in Rome, with a winged figure hovering between two pairs of columns

Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus French

After Giovanni da Udine (Giovanni dei Ricamatori) Italian

ca. 1729

Not on view

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Title: Grotesques: detail of the stucco reliefs decorating the Colosseum in Rome, with a winged figure hovering between two pairs of columns
Artist: Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692–1765 Paris)
Artist: After Giovanni da Udine (Giovanni dei Ricamatori) (Italian, Udine 1487–1564 Rome)
Date: ca. 1729
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 13 3/16 × 9 7/16 in. (33.5 × 24 cm)
Sheet: 20 13/16 × 15 5/16 in. (52.9 × 38.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1960
Object Number: 60.708(11)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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