Title Plate

c. 1758

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Attributed to

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with ink dabbing on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 44 x 41.4 cm (17 5/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 74 x 52.2 cm (29 1/8 x 20 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.44.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robison 1978, no. 29, State ii/vi

  • Series Title

    Invenzioni Capric di Carceri

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Associated Artworks

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The Well

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The Grand Piazza

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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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

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Bibliography

1978

  • Robison, Andrew. Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Early Architectural Fantasies. Exh. guide. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1978.

Inscriptions

INVENZIONI / CAPRIC DI CARCERI / ALL ACQVA FORTE / DAT T.. IN LVCE / ...GIOVANI / BOUCHARD IN ROMA MERCHANT / AL CORSO

Wikidata ID

Q76341561

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