Meleager
Artist:
Francesco Piranesi
(Italian, ca. 1756 - 1810)
Culture: Italian
Date: 1786
Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions:
34 × 25 in. (86.4 × 63.5 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Merribell Maddux Parsons in honor of Dr. Jessica Powers
Object number: 2016.32.7
Inscribed: Inscribed, bottom center: Meleagro con clamide in spalla e con testa del Cinghiale Calidonio da lui ucciso che ora esiste nel Musea Vaticano / Alla Santita di Nro. Sig.rc PlO SESTO Pontefice Massimo / Delle Antichità Investigatore Vigilantissimo & delle Belle Arti Protettore Munificentissimo
Inscribed and dated, lower right: Francesco Piranesi incise 1780 / Francesco Piranesi D.D.D.
Inscribed, lower left: Bernardino Nocchi disegno
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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