Image

RISDM 47-154-1.tif

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title Page

Description

Maker

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker
Giovanni Bouchard (Italian, 1716 - 1795), publisher

Title

Title Page
, from Invenzioni Capric di Carceri... (Imaginary Prisons)

Year

1749-1750

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Dimensions

54.3 x 41.4 cm (21 3/8 x 16 5/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered within image: "Invenzioni capric di carceri all acqua forte datte in luce da Giovani Bouchard in Roma mercante al corso"

Identification

State

ii/ix

Standard Reference Number

Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 26; Robison 1986, no. 29.ii

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

47.154.1

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Illustrated Book
Oct 21, 1980 – Nov 23, 1980
Venetian Drawings and Prints of the 18th Century
Jan 12, 1967 – Feb 05, 1967

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Tombstone

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker
Giovanni Bouchard (Italian, 1716 - 1795), publisher
Title Page; , from Invenzioni Capric di Carceri... (Imaginary Prisons), 1749-1750
Etching
54.3 x 41.4 cm (21 3/8 x 16 5/16 inches) (plate)
Jesse Metcalf Fund 47.154.1

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