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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.68.1
People
Pietro Cerini, Italian
Title
Dedication Page
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Foliate Ornament for Breast Jewels
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1675
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/349718

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 12 x 17.2 cm (4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Pi.o Cerrini F.
  • inscription: engraved dedication, signature, and publication information within and below an elaborate foliate cartouche: Dedigato / All Mol:to Ill.e Sig.s e Prõn / mio Coll:mo il . Sig. / Samuelle Jacomini / Pi.o Cerrini F. / Si Stampana da Matteo Gregorio Rossi Romano in Piazza Na: / uona al insegna della Stampa con lic . de Sup . e Priu . Apost . [letters burnished out]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edith I. Welch, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
2nd edition (Rossi, 1696)
Standard Reference Number
Berlin (1939) 879, see Fuhring p. 319

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.68.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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