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

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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)

Giovanni Francesco Costa (Italian, 1711–1772)

mid 18th century

Medium/Technique Etching

Dimensions Sheet: 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 Line Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Accession Number1970.447

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mason 1, only state; Mauroner 4

Marks Verso, lower left-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)

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