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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate 10: Prisoners on a Projecting Platform

Description

Maker

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker

Title

Plate 10: Prisoners on a Projecting Platform
Invenzioni Capric di Carceri...

Year

1749-1750

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 41.1 x 54 cm (16 3/16 x 21 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL: "Piranesi f."

Identification

State

i/vi

Standard Reference Number

Robison 1986, no. 36; Wilton-Ely, no. 35

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

47.154.10

Type

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Tombstone

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker
Plate 10: Prisoners on a Projecting Platform; Invenzioni Capric di Carceri..., 1749-1750
Etching
Plate: 41.1 x 54 cm (16 3/16 x 21 1/4 inches)
Jesse Metcalf Fund 47.154.10

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