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[Designs for Various Ornaments]

Etcher Plate 30 etched by Francesco Bartolozzi Italian
Plate 30 after Giovanni Battista Cipriani Italian
1777–80
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: [Designs for Various Ornaments]
  • Artist: Michelangelo Pergolesi (Italian, active from 1760–died 1801)
  • Etcher: Plate 30 etched by Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
  • Artist: Plate 30 after Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, Florence 1727–1785 Hammersmith (active London))
  • Date: 1777–80
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching
  • Dimensions: 20 15/16 x 15 1/16 x 11/16 in. (53.19 x 38.3 x 1.8cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 1991.1073.135
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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