Design for Foro Bonaparte, Milan

Architect Giovanni Antonio Antolini Italian

1806

Not on view

One of six prints in the collection of the Met from a set of twenty four plates by different engravers for an unrealized project for a forum dedicated to Bonaparte in Milan.

Artwork Details

Title: Design for Foro Bonaparte, Milan
Artist: Alessandro Sanquirico (Italian, 1777–1849)
Artist: Ferdinando Bonsignore (Italian, Turin 1760–1843 Turin)
Architect: Giovanni Antonio Antolini (Italian, Ravenna 1756–1841 Bologna)
Published in: Parma
Date: 1806
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: Plate: 19 1/2 × 31 13/16 in. (49.5 × 80.8 cm)
Sheet: 23 13/16 × 33 11/16 in. (60.5 × 85.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Harvey Smith, 1980
Object Number: 1980.1132.10
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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