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Print, Portrait of Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782)

This is a Print. It was print maker: Paolo Caronni. It is dated ca. 1820 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

30.5 × 21 cm (12 in. × 8 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed along the lower border of the oval: "Paolo Caronni disengnd. et inc."; at lower margin: "Pietro Metastasio."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782); Print Maker: Paolo Caronni; Italy; engraving on paper; 30.5 × 21 cm (12 in. × 8 1/4 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-88

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