Description | Etching of an ornate tripod, with description in Italian.
Taken from 'Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcophagi, Tripode, Lucerne, ed Ornamenti Antichiti,' desegnati ed incisi del cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, publicati l'anno MDCCLXXIX, 2 vols. Many of the plates in this publication were dedicated to past or prospective clients, over fifty of whom were British. This print includes the inscription 'Al Sig. Guglielmo Sandys Cavaliere Inglese Amatore delle belle Arti'. [Mr William Sandys English Amateur of Fine Arts]. |