Antonio Pazzi After Giuseppe Menabuoni Engraving, Seashells (Plate 54)

DETAILS Natural 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). PLATE T54 STYLE Classical LITERATURE Originally 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, 1742 MEDIUM Engraving on paper FRAMING Matted and framed COLOR(S) Black PLACE OF ORIGIN Italy | Europe MAKER Engraver: Pietro Antonio Pazzi (Italian, 1706-after 1768) | Artist: Giuseppe Menabuoni (Italian,