Drawings Roman candle holder
Object number
LDSAL2020.16.22
Artist/Designer/Maker
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 - Artist
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 - Engraver
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 - Engraver
Production date
1778
Material
Paper
Ink
Printer's Ink
Ink
Printer's Ink
Technique
Drawing
Engraving (Printing Process)
Engraving (Printing Process)
Dimensions
Height: 678mm
Width: 426mm
Width: 426mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Altro Candelabro antico de' due posseduti dal Sig. Tommaso Jenkins Pittore Inglesi
Inscription content
Cavalier Piranesi del e inc.
References
Reference (free text)
John Wilton-Ely, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings 2 vols. (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994), 2: 1013.
Illustration, pl. 935.
Reference (free text)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi, Tripodi, Lucerne, ed Ornamenti Antichi 2 vols. (Rome, 1778).
