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Giovanni Boccaccio: P.1158-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Giovanni Boccaccio

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Morghen, Raffaello
Designer: Gozzini, Vincenzo
Printer: Bardie, Luigi

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Place(s) associated

  • Florence

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1822

School or Style

Italian

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 329 mm Width 230 mm
Sheet Height 344 mm Width 259 mm

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Vicenzo Gozzini dis.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Raffaelo Morghen inc. 1822.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Firenze presso Luigi Bardie C. Borgo degli Albizzi No.-460-
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Address

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1158-1991
Primary reference Number: 24498
Béraldi: 64
Portalis/Béraldi: p.203
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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