Statue of a Philosopher
Artist:
Francesco Piranesi
(Italian, ca. 1756 - 1810)
Artist: after
Tommaso Piroli
(Italian, ca. 1752 - 1824)
Culture: Italian
Date: 1786
Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 25 × 18 1/4 in. (63.5 × 46.4 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Merribell Maddux Parsons in honor of Dr. Jessica Powers
Object number: 2016.32.6
Inscribed: Inscribed, bottom center: Statua di Filosofo con pallio creduto Zenone Eleate nel Museo Capitolino / A Sua Eccellenza Rma Monsig. Don Romualdo Braschi Onesti / Nipote di
Nro Signore, Maggiordomo de’ Sac.re Pal.’ Aplici, Mecenate delle belle Arti
Inscribed and dated, lower right: Francesco Piranesi inc. 1782 / Francesco Piranesi D.D.D.
Inscribed, lower left: Tommaso Piroli dis.
Not on view
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