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Frontispiece (Plate 1) of Buildings in the Style of the Greeks, Romans, and Etruscans (Aliquot Aedificio. ad Graecor. Romanorumque Morem Estructorum Schemata)

Frontispiece (Plate 1) of Buildings in the Style of the Greeks, Romans, and Etruscans (Aliquot Aedificio. ad Graecor. Romanorumque Morem Estructorum Schemata)

(Italian, 1711–1772)
mid 18th century
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsSheet: 24.8 x 18 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
Platemark: 16.8 x 11.2 cm (6 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession number1970.447
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEtched in the plate, on the tablet, "ALIQUOT AEDIFICIO. / AD GRAECOR. / ROMANORUMQUE / MOREM / ESTRUCTORUM / SCHEMATA / INVENTA AEREQUE / INCISA / Ab Io. Francisco Costa / Veneto / Architectonico Artis Profes."; etched in the plate, lower left, the number "1"
ProvenanceP. & D. Colnaghi and Co., Inc., London; from whom purchased September 16, 1970