The Grand Piazza
c. 1758
Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, engraving, sulphur tint, and burnishing on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 54.2 x 41.2 cm (21 5/16 x 16 1/4 in.)
sheet: 73.9 x 52.8 cm (29 1/8 x 20 13/16 in.) -
Accession
2003.44.3
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Catalogue Raisonné
Robison 1978, no. 31, State i/vi
Associated Artworks
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1758
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1758
Title Plate
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1758
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Pierre Berès; (sale, Sotheby's New York, 30 November 1995, no. 65); Herman Shickman; (sale, Sotheby's New York, 7 November 2002, no. 50); purchased 2003 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1978
Robison, Andrew. Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Early Architectural Fantasies. Exh. guide. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1978.
Wikidata ID
Q76341477