Title page to the "Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus" with the head of Michele Marieschi within an elaborate escutcheon in the upper centre

Printmaker Portrait engraved by Carlo Orsolini Italian

Printmaker Elaborate cartouche probably by Michele Marieschi Italian

Portrait designed by Angelo Trevisani Italian

1741

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Title: Title page to the "Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus" with the head of Michele Marieschi within an elaborate escutcheon in the upper centre
Series/Portfolio: Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus
Printmaker: Portrait engraved by Carlo Orsolini (Italian, 1703–1781)
Printmaker: Elaborate cartouche probably by Michele Marieschi (Italian, Venice 1710–1743 Venice)
Artist: Portrait designed by Angelo Trevisani (Italian, 1669–after 1753)
Date: 1741
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 15 3/8 × 19 7/8 in. (39 × 50.5 cm)
Plate: 13 × 19 1/8 in. (33 × 48.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1969
Object Number: 69.551(1)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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