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Print, Venus of Medici

This is a Print. It was print maker: Pietro Fontana and after Luigi Durantini. It is dated 1819. Its medium is line engraving on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of George Campbell Cooper. It is credited Bequest of George Campbell Cooper.

Its dimensions are

50.9 × 33 cm (20 1/16 in. × 13 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: "Luigi Durantini designo;" lower right: Pietro Fontana inc. in Roma nel 1819"

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, center, title / "All Ornatissimo Sig. Emanuelle Fenzi / In Segno di Sincera Amicizia"; lower right: "Luigi Vardi, e. CeDDD"; center: "L. Bardini no. 460"; lower left: "Le Statue ... di Firenze."

Cite this object as

Print, Venus of Medici; Print Maker: Pietro Fontana (Italian, 1762 - 1837); After Luigi Durantini (Italian, 1791 - 1857); Italy; line engraving on white paper; 50.9 × 33 cm (20 1/16 in. × 13 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-372

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