Discorsi sopra L'antichita di Roma, Vincenzo Scamozzi (Venice: Ziletti, 1583)
Artwork Details
- Title: Discorsi sopra L'antichita di Roma, Vincenzo Scamozzi (Venice: Ziletti, 1583)
- Author: Vincenzo Scamozzi (Italian, 1548–1616)
- Etcher: 38 or 39 (of 40) plates in Discorsi etched by Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder (Italian, Vicenza ca. 1520–ca. 1583 Venice (?))
- Publisher: Published by Francesco Ziletti (Italian, active 16th century) , Venice
- Etcher: Book also includes etchings by Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510–1570 Antwerp) , model for 24 of Pittoni's plates
- Date: 1551, 1561, 1583
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Overall: 11 1/4 x 8 1/16 x 1 15/16 in. (28.6 x 20.5 x 5 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
- Object Number: 34.28.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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