Panels of Ornament, nos. CCLXXIV–CCXCIII ("Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 48) February 27, 1784 Michelangelo Pergolesi These designs for panels of ornament, numbered CCLXXIV to CCXCIII, incorporate foliage and geometrical forms. 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 p
Panels of Ornament, nos. CCLXXIV–CCXCIII ("Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 48) February 27, 1784 Michelangelo Pergolesi These designs for panels of ornament, numbered CCLXXIV to CCXCIII, incorporate foliage and geometrical forms. 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. CCLXXIV–CCXCIII ("Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 48). Michelangelo Pergolesi (Italian, active from 1760–died 1801). February 27, 1784. Etching; printed in dark brown ink
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