The Pier with a Lamp, c. 1758

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series Title

Invenzioni Capric di Carceri

Medium

etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, and burnishing with ink dabbing on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 41 x 54.9 cm (16 1/8 x 21 5/8 in.)

sheet: 52.7 x 74.2 cm (20 3/4 x 29 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Robison 1978, no. 41, State i/vii

Accession Number

2003.44.13

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (artist) Venetian, 1720 - 1778

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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

Berès, Pierre, Monsieur
Private Collection c/o Mr. Stephane Cosman Connery
Private Collection c/o Mr. Stephane Cosman Connery
Shickman, Herman
Sotheby's

Bibliography

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