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Inghirami, Francesco, 1772-1846 · 1821 · [Fiesole] : Poligrafia fiesolana · 48 pictures

Francesco Inghirami's multi-volume survey of Etruscan antiquities, engraved and printed at his own Poligrafia fiesolana press near Florence from 1821 for antiquarians, collectors and students of ancient Italy. The plates are pure outline engravings after engraved bronze mirrors and other objects: winged nude figures standing on rocks inside a ring, each with a stubby tang handle below, drawn in thin unshaded contour that reads well as line art, silhouette or vector.

Art, Etruscan

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