IMAGE
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :Carceri d'invenzione. G. Battista Piranesi Archit[etto] Vene[to]. Piranesi f[ecit]. [Title plate. 7th state?. Mid-1760s to early 1770s]
- Date
- 1761 - 1765 - 1773
- By
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
- Reference
- C-091-031
- Description
The imaginary interior of a Roman prison, with beams, and stairways
Focillon 24
Work is inscribed in pencil by a previous owner or dealer '3rd state'. This is incorrect. The work is probably the 7th state (mid-1760s to early 1770s) or possibly the 8th state (early 1770s). See Robison, Andrew. Piranesi: early architectural fantasies, a catalogue raisonne of the etchings (Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1986). Robison number 29.
Other Titles - Imaginary prisons [translation]. Title plate
Extended Title - From: Carceri d'invenzione, 1760-1761
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - in pencil. 3rd state [incorrect] and title
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Etching, 547 x 413 mm on sheet 745 x 545 mm
- Additional description
Fold mark across the centre.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :[Etchings from La prima parte di architteture e prospettive (1743), I grotteschi (ca 1747), Le vedute di Roma (1745-1778), I carceri (1760-1761)] / Giovanni Battista Piranesi inven. et incis. [Rome : G B Piranesi, mid-1760s to early 1770s]
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Etchings, Etching, 547 x 413 mm on sheet 745 x 545 mm, Watermark: No clear watermark.
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