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Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Le Carceri d'Invenzione, plate IX: The Giant Wheel  wikidata:Q20991344 reasonator:Q20991344
Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi  (1720–1778)  wikidata:Q316307 s:it:Autore:Giovanni Battista Piranesi q:it:Giovanni Battista Piranesi
 
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Description Italian printmaker, architect and engraver
Date of birth/death 4 October 1720 Edit this at Wikidata 9 November 1778 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mogliano Veneto, Republic of Venice Rome, Papal States
Work period 1740 Edit this at Wikidata–1778 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q316307
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Title
Le Carceri d'Invenzione, plate IX: The Giant Wheel
label QS:Len,"Le Carceri d'Invenzione, plate IX: The Giant Wheel"
label QS:Lde,"Le Carceri d'Invenzione, Platte IX: Das große Rad"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Carceri d'Invenzione, planche IX : La Roue géante"
Series title Le Carceri d'Invenzione (I) Edit this at Wikidata
Object type etching print Edit this at Wikidata
Genre capriccio Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Vertical rectangle. A gigantic circular opening, through which is seen a scaffolding and a bridge. A group of figures stand in the openings; others on steps below. Upper right, Calcografia number 357.
Date 1745
date QS:P571,+1745-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium etching print
Dimensions height: 55.4 cm (21.8 in); width: 40.8 cm (16 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,55.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,40.8U174728
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institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1959-182-8
Credit line Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis
Notes
  • Type: Print
  • Country: Italy
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