Studies of heads, plate 24 from "Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto il Guernico, incisi in Rame, e presentati al singolar merito del Sig. Tommaso Jenkins pittore, ed accademico di S. Luca, in atto di respetto e d'amicizia dall'architetto e suo coaccademio: Gio. Battista Piranesi" (Collection of several drawings after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) etched on copper and presented to Thomas Jenkins, painter and member of the Academy of St. Luke, out of respect and friendship from his fellow member, the architect Gio. Battista Piranesi)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto il Guernico, incisi in Rame, e presentati al singolar merito del Sig. Tommaso Jenkins pittore, ed accademico di S. Luca, in atto di respetto e d'amicizia dall'architetto e suo coaccademio: Gio. Battista Piranesi (Collection of several drawings after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) etched on copper and presented to Thomas Jenkins, painter and member of the Academy of St. Luke, out of respect and friendship from his fellow member, the architect Gio. Battista Piranesi)
Artist: James Nevay|Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist bio: British, Edinburgh, Scotland, ca. 1730–after 1811 Rome|Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist role: Etcher|Publisher
Artist nationality: British, Scottish|Italian
Date: 1764
Medium: Etching with brown and black ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 5/8 x 15 9/16 in. (55 x 39.5 cm)
Plate: 4 3/4 x 3 11/16 in. (12 x 9.3 cm) upper left
Plate: 4 3/4 x 3 11/16 in. (12 x 9.4 cm) upper right
Plate: 3 15/16 x 2 5/8 in. (10 x 6.6 cm) lower left
Plate: 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (12 x 9.5 cm) lower right
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941