Portrait of Paolo Antonio Rolli
Date
18th century
Sitter
Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1767, Italian) , Translator
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 271mm
width (print): 209mm
height (paper support): 297mm
width (paper support): 238mm
width (print): 209mm
height (paper support): 297mm
width (paper support): 238mm
Description
Half-length portrait of Paolo Rolli, seated and leaning to the left, looking straight at viewer. Right hand rests on corner of table.
Inscribed ‘Paolo Rolli. SPERNIT HUMUM’ and pencilled ‘1729’.
Paolo Antonio Rolli was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.70
Inscribed ‘Paolo Rolli. SPERNIT HUMUM’ and pencilled ‘1729’.
Paolo Antonio Rolli was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.70
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