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Two Cinerary Urns (Plate 30 of the Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi, Tripodi...)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
1768-1778

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 82.3 x 55.2 cm (32 3/8 x 21 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 53.2 x 38.7 cm (20 15/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession NumberM25614.30
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hind, p. 87, 1778; Focillon 628; Ficacci 760
Marks Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282); verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (not in Lugt)
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)