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Print, Medallion Portrait of Mauro Tesi, Surrounded by Architectural Ornaments, Frontispiece to the "Raccolta Di Disegni Originali Di Mauro Tesi..."
This is a Print. It was designed by Count Cesare Massimiliano Cini and print maker: Count Cesare Massimiliano Cini and after Gaetano Gandolfi and dedicatee: Mauro Antonio Tesi. It is dated 1787 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is etching with aquatint, printed in brown ink on white laid paper . It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
Its dimensions are
30.9 x 20.3 cm (12 3/16 x 8 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
It is inscribed
beneath portrait: "MAURO TESI" along lower margin: "Il C.C.M.G"
Cite this object as
Print, Medallion Portrait of Mauro Tesi, Surrounded by Architectural Ornaments, Frontispiece to the "Raccolta Di Disegni Originali Di Mauro Tesi..."; Designed by Count Cesare Massimiliano Cini; After Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, 1734–1802); Dedicatee: Mauro Antonio Tesi (Italian, 1730 - 1766); Italy; etching with aquatint, printed in brown ink on white laid paper ; 30.9 x 20.3 cm (12 3/16 x 8 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-8525
