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Print, Vase, plate 18 of "Suite de Vases"

This is a Print. It was designed by Ennemond-Alexandre Petitot and etched by Benigno Bossi and published by Benigno Bossi. It is dated 1764 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is etching on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled The Tortoise and the Vase.

This object was donated by Samuel Marx.

Its dimensions are

22 x 16.4 cm (8 11/16 x 6 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: Petitot In; lower right: Bossi Sc. Signed, in plate, lower right: Bossi Se

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, upper right: 18.

Cite this object as

Print, Vase, plate 18 of "Suite de Vases"; Designed by Eurimond-Alexandre Petitot (Parma, 1727–1801); Etched by Benigno Bossi (Parma, 1727–ca. 1793); Italy; etching on laid paper; 22 x 16.4 cm (8 11/16 x 6 7/16 in.); 1962-208-14

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