Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet (Trimmed to plate): 621 x 489 mm. (24 7/16 x 19 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.214
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: Below image, left: "Petrus Longhi pinxit Venis"; below image, center: "Vago è mirar, l'uman pensiero / Solvente colga con il finto il vero / Mente sagax Auceps depicto faepe volucri / Aerias volucres ducit in infidias"; below image, right: "Marcus Pitteri sculpsit Venis" Below image, left, in graphite: "[indecipherable]" Verso: Lower half of page, in graphite: ad/ Leith / Nov. 12 / 1840"; lower left, in graphite: "7711 [in diamond]"; "176"; "SR"; lower right, in graphite: "A [? crossed out]"; "SY 0 [?]"
