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The Monumental Tablet (Plate 4 of the Grotteschi)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
1747–48
Medium/Technique
Etching, engraving, drypoint, scratching
Dimensions
Sheet: 41.2 x 55.4 cm (16 1/4 x 21 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 39 x 53.5 cm (15 3/8 x 21 1/16 in.)
Platemark: 39 x 53.5 cm (15 3/8 x 21 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP14049
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind, p. 81, no. 27; Focillon 23; Robison 24, ii/iv (Second Edition, First Issue, through Third Edition, First Issue, 1750-c. 1790); Ficacci 108
Marks
Verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, bottom right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
InscriptionsIn plate, upper left, "UL: ...FOCLIE...A / ICHESTF... / ALLEGRAMENTA"
In plate, lower left, "Piranesi inv; incise, e vende di rimpelto / all'Accademia di Francia in Roma"
In plate, lower left, "Piranesi inv; incise, e vende di rimpelto / all'Accademia di Francia in Roma"
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897