Production Date
No later than 1850Type of Work / Object
Graphic Art > Etching
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Location
Inventory Number
E1043
Catalogue Number
E1043Catalogue Level / Collection
Thorvaldsen's Collections > Collection of Prints (E)
Explanation
- Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) opens The Decameron by describing the plague in Florence. He relates how in 1348 the plague had killed more than 100,000 people in the city in six months.
Material
Technique
Dimension
- Height (plate size) 655 mm
- Height (paper size) 670 mm
- Width (plate size) 860 mm
- Width (paper size) 880 mm
Inscription / Certification / Label
Luig. Sabatelli inventi disegni e inc. / LA PESTE DI FIRENZE DAL BOCCACCIO DESCRITTA / A.S.E. Il Sig.r Marchese Pier Roberto Capponi / Luigi Sabatelli D.D.D,
Art Form / Craft
Graphic Design
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Acquisition Mode
Bequest from Bertel ThorvaldsenAcquisition Date
March 24, 1844