The Drawbridge, published 1750/1758

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series Title

Carceri (First Edition, Second Issue)

Medium

etching, engraving, scratching

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Robison 1986, no. 33, State i/vi

Accession Number

1946.21.392

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (artist) Venetian, 1720 - 1778

Image Use

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Provenance

one of set of 13 prints (NGA 1946.21.389-401) purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia, from William H. Schab, 4 October 1946 (JYAE; 46.193); gift to NGA, 1946.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Schab Gallery, Inc., William H.

Exhibition History

1950: Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 94, repro.

2004: The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York; Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 2004-2005.

Bibliography

1918: Focillon 30.

1922: Hind 7.

1986: Robison, Andrew. Piranesi Early Architectural Fantasies: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Etchings. Washington: National Gallery of Art; Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1986.