The Giant Wheel
c. 1758
Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 55.1 x 40.6 cm (21 11/16 x 16 in.)
sheet: 74 x 52.8 cm (29 1/8 x 20 13/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2003.44.7
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Catalogue Raisonné
Robison 1978, no. 35, State iii/viii
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Series Title
Invenzioni Capric di Carceri
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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.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: Piranesi f.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: H 9 1/3
Wikidata ID
Q76341515