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Fireworks over Castel Sant'Angelo

Fireworks over Castel Sant'Angelo

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Fireworks over Castel Sant'Angelo
ArtistItalian, active c. 1579–1599
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Fireworks over Castel Sant'Angelo
Date1579
MediumEtching with engraving on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 19 3/16 × 14 3/4 in. (48.8 × 37.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Endowment
Object number2026.242
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance[Paul Dowling/Liber Antiquus, Chevy Chase, Maryland, as of 2025]; purchased by MFAH, 2026.
Exhibition Historynone known for this impression.
Published References none known for this impression. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in the plate: Io. Ambr. Bram. Inv et fe. 1579
Recto: Inscribed at lower edge of plate: Claudio Duchetti
Watermark: Verso, lower center: [an eagle enclosed within a circle and surmounted by a crown, similar to Briquet Vol. 1, no. 207 and 209]
Catalogue raisonnéHülsen, p. 166, Cat. 127.

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