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This and 149 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Designs by François de Cuvilliés as well as other German Artists.

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Print, Architectural Interior

This is a Print. It was designed by Giovanni Paolo Gaspari. It is dated 18th century and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: I.P. Gaspari inven et Pinxt

It is inscribed

Printed lower left, in plate: Horrida pompa Domûs, artisque fidele Theatrum / Naturam vix non tangere, pofse putes; Printed lower right, in plate: Ars, structura, Color velut una in Compede Squallent / Obtutúque suo Corda, oculosque movent .; Printed lower center, in plate: Dedié a Son.Excellence Mnonsieur de Comte de Seau.&.&.&.; Inscribed in graphite, upper left, in margin: 146

Cite this object as

Print, Architectural Interior; Designed by Giovanni Paolo Gaspari (1714 – 1775); Germany; etching and engraving on off-white laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-285-147

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