Two Bronze Lamps and Two Views of a Cinerary Vase (Plate 7 of the Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi, Tripodi...)(two separate plates printed on the same sheet)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italian, 1720–1778)
1768-1778
Medium/TechniqueEtchings, two separate plates printed on the same sheet
DimensionsSheet: 54.8 x 82.3 cm (21 9/16 x 32 3/8 in.)
Platemark (Bronze Lamps): 38.9 x 28.1 cm (15 5/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
Platemark (Cinerary Vase): 39.2 x 25.5 cm (15 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Platemark (Bronze Lamps): 38.9 x 28.1 cm (15 5/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
Platemark (Cinerary Vase): 39.2 x 25.5 cm (15 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineAlfred Greenough Collection
Accession numberM25614.7
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ProvenanceAlfred Greenough, Boston (1844-1884); by bequest to his uncle, Charles Henry Parker, Boston (1816-1908); his bequest to the MFA 1909 (transferred from library; accession date January 1, 1913)
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1854–58