Imaginary prisons
(Carceri d'Invenzioni)
(1761-late 1770s)

Artist/s name

Giovanni Battista PIRANESI

Medium

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

Measurements

(1) 54.8 x 41.6 cm (plate) 80.8 x 56.3 cm (sheet) (2) 56.2 x 41.7 cm (plate) 80.0 x 56.2 cm (sheet) (3) 54.8 x 41.5 cm (plate) 80.9 x 56.0 cm (sheet) (4) 54.9 x 41.4 cm (plate) 85.0 x 55.7 cm (sheet) (5) 56.5 x 41.3 cm (plate) 79.5 x 56.4 cm (sheet) (6) 54.5 x 40.2 cm (plate) 80.6 x 55.8 cm (sheet) (7) 55.4 x 41.1 cm (plate) 81.0 x 55.7 cm (sheet) (8) 55.1 x 40.4 cm (plate) 81.1 x 56.0 cm (sheet) (9) 55.4 x 40.8 cm (plate) 56.0 x 81.0 cm (sheet) (10) 41.4 x 54.9 cm (plate) 56.2 x 80.7 cm (sheet) (11) 40.6 x 54.8 cm (plate) 56.0 x 80.6 cm (sheet) (12) 41.4 x 55.5 cm (plate) 55.0 x 80.6 cm (sheet) (13) 40.8 x 55.9 cm (plate) 55.7 x 81.0 cm (sheet) (14) 41.7 x 54.9 cm (plate) 55.8 x 80.4 cm (sheet) (15) 41.4 x 55.3 cm (plate) 56.1 x 80.7 cm (sheet) (16) 40.9 x 55.3 cm (plate) 56.4 x 81.0 cm (sheet)

Catalogue/s Raisonné/s

Robison 29 vii/ix, 43 iv/vi, 30 iv/vi, 31 iv/vi, 44 ii/iii, 32 v/vii, 33 iv or v/vi, 34 iv/vi, 35 vi/viii, 36 iv/vi, 37 v/vii, 38 iv/vi, 39 iv/vi, 40 v/vi, 41 v/vii, 42 iv or v/vi

Edition

2nd edition; 2nd, 3rd or 4th issue

Accession Number

1150.1-16-3

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921

Gallery Location

Not on display