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Text describing the life of Alessandro Longhi 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"

Publisher Alessandro Longhi Italian
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: Text describing the life of Alessandro Longhi 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)
  • 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: 15 3/8 × 11 1/8 in. (39 × 28.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.598.3(52)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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