File:A large marble vase on a porphyry pedestal Wellcome L0072171.jpg
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Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770 Physical description 1 print : etching ; platemark 53.5 x 39 cm. Lettering Al signor Guglielmo Vyse cavaliere inglese amatore e seguace belle arti in atto d'ossequio il cavaliere Gio. Batt.a Piranesi D.D.D. Vaso antico di gran mole che si vede nella villa dell'ecc.ma casa Lanti sul monte Gianicolo ... Il piede che al presente lo regge è di porfido e non corrisponde all proporzione del vaso ... Cavalier Piranesi delin. ed inc. Note Plate to: G.B. Piranesi, Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne ed ornamenti, 1768-1778 Credits Dedicatee "Guglielmo Vyse": possibly Sir William Guise, 5th Baronet, of Elmore Court, Gloucestershire. He accompanied Edward Gibbon on their visit to Rome. His portrait was painted by Allan Ramsay in 1761 (A. Smart, Allan Ramsay, London 1999, no. 220; sold at Sotheby's, London, 2010(?)) References John Ingamells, A dictionary of British and Irish travellers in Italy, 1701-1800 compiled from the Brinsley Ford archive, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1997, p. 437 (William Guise), pp. 679-682 (Colin Morison, no mention of this base or of Piranesi) Summary In another print of the same vase and pedestal from a different point of view, Piranesi seems to say that the pedestal belonged to Colin Morison: see Wellcome Library no. 756431i Cite as Wellcome Library no. 756426i Author, etc. Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778. Guise, William, 1737-1783. Subject name Morison, Colin, 1732-1810 -- Archaeological collections. Villa Lante (Rome, Italy) Topic-LCSH Vases. Place name Rome (Italy) Genre/Technique Etchings. Iconographic Collections |
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