Venus de' Medici (after Tomasso Piroli)
Francesco Piranesi (Rome c.1756 - Rome 1810)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1781
Materials
Engraving on paper
Measurements
642 x 488 mm
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1254113
Summary
Print, engraving, Venus de' Medici (after Tomasso Piroli) by Francesco Piranesi (Rome c.1756 - Rome 1810). A statue of Venus with putti riding a dolphin at her feet. It was fiorst engraved by Perrier in 1638.
Marks and inscriptions
Tommaso Piroli
Makers and roles
Francesco Piranesi (Rome c.1756 - Rome 1810), engraver (printmaker) after Tommaso Piroli (Rome 1750 - Rome 1824), original artist
References
Haskell and Penny 1981: Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny, Taste and the Antique, The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500 - 1900, New Haven and London, 1981, no. 88