Book Ornament of a Classical Ruin with the Medallion Portrait of Francesco Algarotti (1712-1764)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1760
name: label: Print Maker
content: Mauro Antonio Tesi, Italian, 1730 - 1766
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Portrait to right; behind the head is printed 10-letter word in Greek alphabet. Under the medallioin is a relief showing a compass, a wreath, and a lyre.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1944-24-38
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 14.3 x 8.7 cm (5 5/8 x 3 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 14.1 x 8.6 cm (5 9/16 x 3 3/8 in.)