Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Frontispiece, Plate I from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1761
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Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italian, 1720–1778)
- Title Frontispiece, Plate I from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
- Date 1761
- Medium Etching
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Dimensions
sheet | 26 5/8 x 19 7/8 in.
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Part of
Le Carceri (The Prisons)
- Credit line Gift of Dr. Malvern B. Clopton, 1935
- Object number WU 3660
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Technique
etching
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Work type
print
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Theme
Architecture and Built Environment
Renaissance and Baroque Prints: Investigating the Collection
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 09/08/2017 - 01/08/2018
Opening Exhibition of Mark C. Steinberg Memorial Hall
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 04/29/1960
1935
Dr. Malvern B. Clopton
Inscription Recto, lower left, in plate: Piranesi F.
In plate:
Carceri / Inventione / G.Battista / Piranesi / Archit / Uene
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