Panels of Ornament, nos. VII–VIIII ("Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 4) May 1, 1777 Michelangelo Pergolesi These designs for panels of ornament, numbered VII to VIIII, include a crown formed out of a ring of fortified towers above. At centere there are foliage motifs, ribbons and beaded swags and a Greek anthemion below. The print comes from a group that Pergolesi made and published serially in London between 1777 and 1792. There is no title page, but a prospectus of ca. 1786 described the group as: "A great variety of original designs of vases, figures, medallions, friezes, pilasters, pan
Panels of Ornament, nos. VII–VIIII ("Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 4) May 1, 1777 Michelangelo Pergolesi These designs for panels of ornament, numbered VII to VIIII, include a crown formed out of a ring of fortified towers above. At centere there are foliage motifs, ribbons and beaded swags and a Greek anthemion below. The print comes from a group that Pergolesi made and published serially in London between 1777 and 1792. There is no title page, but a prospectus of ca. 1786 described the group as: "A great variety of original designs of vases, figures, medallions, friezes, pilasters, panels and other ornaments, in the Etruscan and grotesque style." The complete set contains 67 plates numbered 1-66 (two are numbered 56), with designs within the plates irregularly numbered 1-435 (in Roman numerals at first, then with Arabic numbers). In 1801, after Pergolesi's death, four additional plates of designs were published by a bookseller Dulouchamp (or Dulonchamp).. Panels of Ornament, nos. VII–VIIII ("Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 4). May 1, 1777. Etching; printed in dark brown ink
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