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Studj di pittura gia' dissegnati da Giambatista Piazzetta
Illustrated by: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian (Venetian), 1682–1754)
Engraved by: Marco Alvise Pitteri (Italian (Venetian), 1702–1786)
Etched by: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
Publisher: Giovanni Battista Albrizzi (Italian, 1698–1777)
Printer: Teodoro Viero (Italian, 18th century)
Engraved by: Marco Alvise Pitteri (Italian (Venetian), 1702–1786)
Etched by: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
Publisher: Giovanni Battista Albrizzi (Italian, 1698–1777)
Printer: Teodoro Viero (Italian, 18th century)
1760
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 7 etched and engraved vignettes and initials, and 49 etched plates
Dimensions
Overall: 30.5 x 42.7 x 3 cm (12 x 16 13/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wick
Accession Number62.1109
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Teodoro Viero for Giovanni Battista Albrizzi, 1760
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet IV, 627; Cicognara 345
Description(Venice: Teodoro Viero for Giovanni Battista Albrizzi, 1760) Oblong folio; 69 leaves; contemporary blind- and gilt-stamped brown calf (tan cloth box, brown calf spine).
Two versions of a series of figural studies after drawings by Piazzetta.
First edition, containing a repeated series of figural studies after drawings by Piazzetta. The first, primarily line, version of the Piazzetta subjects was etched by Bartolozzi; the second more tonal version is by Pitteri. Included on the verso of the second leaf of the "Memorie" is a small etched portrait by Piazzetta, dated 1738, often taken to be a self-portrait. The Viero attribution as printer is taken from RLIN online cataloguing information.
Plate XI is engraved after a drawing in the MFA collection (1999.6).
Two versions of a series of figural studies after drawings by Piazzetta.
First edition, containing a repeated series of figural studies after drawings by Piazzetta. The first, primarily line, version of the Piazzetta subjects was etched by Bartolozzi; the second more tonal version is by Pitteri. Included on the verso of the second leaf of the "Memorie" is a small etched portrait by Piazzetta, dated 1738, often taken to be a self-portrait. The Viero attribution as printer is taken from RLIN online cataloguing information.
Plate XI is engraved after a drawing in the MFA collection (1999.6).
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wick, by whom given to MFA, November 14, 1962.