Fanciful images of prisons
(Invenzioni Capric di Carceri all Acqua Forte)
(1749-1760)

Artist/s name

Giovanni Battista PIRANESI

Medium

etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing, scratching and drypoint

Measurements

(1) 54.4 x 41.6 cm (plate) 75.6 x 53.0 cm (sheet) (2) 54.6 x 41.4 cm (plate) 73.8 x 53.0 cm (sheet) (3) 54.4 x 41.2 cm (plate) 75.1 x 53.0 cm (sheet) (4) 53.9 x 39.8 cm (plate) 72.0 x 53.0 cm (sheet) (5) 54.7 x 40.6 cm (plate) 75.5 x 53.0 cm (sheet) (6) 54.7 x 40.1 cm (plate) 75.3 x 53.0 cm (sheet) (7) 55.0 x 40.6 cm (plate) 75.3 x 53.0 cm (sheet) (8) 41.1 x 54.2 cm (plate) 53.0 x 75.4 cm (sheet) (9) 40.4 x 54.5 cm (plate) 52.9 x 75.6 cm (sheet) (10) 41.5 x 55.3 cm (plate) 53.0 x 75.1 cm (sheet) (11) 40.8 x 55.0 cm (plate) 53.0 x 75.4 cm (sheet) (12) 41.0 x 54.0 cm (plate) 53.0 x 75.3 cm (sheet) (13) 41.2 x 54.8 cm (plate) 53.1 x 75.8 cm (sheet) (14) 40.6 x 54.7 cm (plate) 53.1 x 75.1 cm (sheet)

Catalogue/s Raisonné/s

Robison 29 ii/ix, 30 i/vi, 31 i/vi, 32 i/vii, 33 i/vi, 24 i/vi, 35 ii/viii, 36 i/vi, 37 ii/vi, 39 i/vi, 40 i or ii/vi, 41 i/vii, 42 i/vi

Edition

1st edition; 1st, 2nd or 3rd issue

Accession Number

1136.1-14-3

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921

Gallery Location

Not on display