The Drawbridge

published 1761

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778

Artwork overview

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Ker, Duke of Roxburgh. H.H. Bishop, 1886. Philip Hofer. Lucien Goldschmidt, New York. Mark J. Millard, New York; gift to NGA, 1983.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • The Glory of Venice, Royal Academy of Arts, London, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, 398, 399, 485, no. 280 (repro. p. 399)(entry by Olimpia Theodoli).

Bibliography

1918

  • Focillon, Henri. Giovanni-Battista Piranesi; essai de catalogue raisonne de son oeuvre. Paris: Librairie Renouard, Henri Laurens, 1918.

1922

  • Hind, Arthur M. Giovanni Battista Piranesi; a critical study with a list of his published works and detailed catalogues of the prisons and the views of Rome. London: Cotswold Gallery; New York: E. Weyhe, 1922.

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. 280.

2000

  • Pollak et al. 2000, no. 82

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Piranesi f.

Wikidata ID

Q74045919

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