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Title Page: Collection of several drawings engraved after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) engraved on copper and presented to Thomas Jenkins, painter and member of the Academy of St. Luke, out of respect and friendship from his fellow member, the architect Gio. Battista Piranesi

Title Page: Collection of several drawings engraved after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) engraved on copper and presented to Thomas Jenkins, painter and member of the Academy of St. Luke, out of respect and friendship from his fellow member, the architect Gio. Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778) after Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Italian, 1591-1666)
Date
1764
Medium
Etching in red and black ink on ivory laid paper with gilt edges
Dimensions
Plate: 48.2 × 35.5 cm (19 × 14 in.); Sheet: 57.3 × 41.4 cm (22 9/16 × 16 5/16 in.)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. and Mr. Charles E. Slatkin