Description: DETAILSNatural history study of a variety of sea shell illustrations. Menabuoni and Pazzi created 110 plates after specimens from Dr. Niccolò Gualtieri’s (Italian, 1688-1744) natural history collection. Gualtieri's original shell collection is housed at the Museo di Storia Naturale (Pisa, Italy).PLATET25STYLEClassicalLITERATUREOriginally published in: Niccolò Gualtieri, Index Testarum Conchyliorum, quae adservantur in Museo Nicolai Gualtieri (Translation: List of the shells of shellfish which are preserved in the museum of Niccolò Gualtieri), C. Albizzin, Florence, Italy, 1742MEDIUMEngraving on paperFRAMINGMatted and framedCOLOR(S)BlackPLACE OF ORIGINItaly | EuropeMAKEREngraver: Pietro Antonio Pazzi (Italian, 1706-after 1768) | Artist: Giuseppe Menabuoni (Italian, 1708-after 1745) ) | Editor: Niccolo Gualtieri (Italian, 1688-1744)MARKSPrinted (lower left): I of. Menabuoni del.; (lower right) P. Ant. Pazzi fc.; (top right) T25PERIODEarly 18th centuryDATECirca 1742DIMENSIONSWidth 16 Depth 1.25 Height 21 inchesSight: Width 9.5 Height 14.5 inchesCONDITIONNote: darkened paper.
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Artist: ANTONIO PAZZI after GIUSEPPE MENABUONI
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1742
Style: Realism
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Production Technique: Engraving
Subject: Shells
