The Round Tower
published 1749/1750
Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing
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Credit Line
W.G. Russell Allen, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, Lessing J. Rosenwald, and Pepita Milmore Funds
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Dimensions
plate: 55.6 x 41.8 cm (21 7/8 x 16 7/16 in.)
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Accession
1976.35.2
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Catalogue Raisonné
Robison 1986, no. 30, State i/vi
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Philip Hofer. Ferdinando Salamon, Milan. Armando Neerman.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1994
The Glory of Venice, Royal Academy of Arts, London, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, 392, 393, 484, no. 276 (repro. p. 393)(entry by Olimpia Theodoli).
1996
Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art, Museo Nacional de Antropologîa, Mexico City, 1996-1997, pp. 130-131,
Bibliography
1918
Focillon 26.
1922
Hind 3.
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.
1994
The Glory of Venice. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museo del Settecento Veneziano - Ca'Rezzonico, Venice; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1994-1995: no. 276.
Watermarks
Fleur-de-lis (Robison 5)
Wikidata ID
Q65568921