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Frontespiece to L'Etruria Pittrice: Minerva and the Genius of Painting

Maker

(engraver)
1759-1838

Giuseppe Antonio Fabbrini (artist)
ca. 1740 - after 1793 (Life dates)

(publisher)

Title

Frontespiece to L'Etruria Pittrice: Minerva and the Genius of Painting

Date of Production

1791

Dimensions

Height: 46 cm
Width: 30.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.768.1

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Inalzando minerva il genio della pittura , questi si appoggia ad una colonna d'ordine toscano, l'aurora ed il tempo ne accenna il riforgimento; e l'ara colle tre corone l'avanzamento di tutte tre le arti sorelle. //

Inscription: VENIEN TIBUS ANNIS //

Inscription: SPES FOVET //

Collector's mark: stamped : verso : WITT LIBRARY // :

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