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Print, Portrait of Giovanni Battista Casti (1721-1803)

This is a Print. It was print maker: Giuseppe Beretta and after Francesco Rosaspina. It is dated ca. 1830 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

22.6 × 15.5 cm (8 7/8 × 6 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, lower right: "Gius. Beretta sculp."' in center: "G.B. sc. inc."' lower margin: name/Da un disegne del Prof. Fr. Resaspina disegnato dal vivo."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Giovanni Battista Casti (1721-1803); Print Maker: Giuseppe Beretta; After Francesco Rosaspina (Italian, 1762 - 1841); Italy; engraving on paper; 22.6 × 15.5 cm (8 7/8 × 6 1/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-94

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