Flora
Artist:
Francesco Piranesi
(Italian, ca. 1756 - 1810)
Artist: after
Ludovico Corazzari
(Italian, ca. 1758 - ca. 1810)
Culture: Italian
Date: 1786
Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 25 1/16 × 18 in. (63.7 × 45.7 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Merribell Maddux Parsons in honor of Dr. Jessica Powers
Object number: 2016.32.9
Inscribed: Inscribed, bottom center: Flora coronata di fiori, nel Museo Capitolino trovata nelle Ruine della Villa Adriana, Ia quale / prima del ristauro della mano tenente i fiori, era forse una Musa / A Sua Eccellenza ii SigJe Giovanni Strange Residente di S. M. Brittanica / presso Ia Serenissima Republica di Venezia grande amatore e protettore delle belle Arti
Inscribed and dated, lower right: Cav. Francesco Piranesi inc. 1784 / Francesco Piranesi D.D.D.
Inscribed, lower left: Ludovico Corazzari Ven dis
Not on view
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