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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, printmaker

Plate 13: The Well, 1749 - 1750

Description

Maker

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720-1778, Italian, printmaker

Title

Plate 13: The Well

Year

1749 - 1750

Medium

Etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 40.6 x 54.8 cm (16 x 21 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LR: "Piranesi f."

Identification

State

i/v

Type

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

47.154.13

About

A grilled window rises from a wide staircase, with heavy chains to the right. From a series of 14 plates.

Lettered LR: "Piranesi f."

i/v

Attribution Types []

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Master Prints from the Permanent Collection

June 21 - September 8, 1985

Venetian Drawings and Prints of the 18th Century

January 12 - February 5, 1967

Use

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