Past Exhibition
Piranesi
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, A Magnificent Palatial Interior, 1748/1752, pen and brown ink with brown wash with graphite over red chalk, touches of black chalk on laid paper, incised, Gift of Gertrude Laughlin Chanler, 2000.9.20
Details
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, A Magnificent Palatial Interior, 1748/1752, pen and brown ink with brown wash with graphite over red chalk, touches of black chalk on laid paper, incised, Gift of Gertrude Laughlin Chanler, 2000.9.20
Overview: More than 150 prints, books, copper plates, and drawings were selected by Andrew Robison, curator of prints and drawings, to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778).
Organization: Gaillard Ravenel and Mark Leithauser designed the exhibition and Gordon Anson designed the lighting.
Booklet: Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Early Architectural Fantasies, by Andrew Robison. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1978.
Attendance: 325,000
