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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The grand piazza (1750-1760)
etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite and burnishing
54.4 × 41.2 cm (plate) 75.1 × 53.0 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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The grand piazza
(1750-1760)
plate IV from the Invenzioni Capric di Carceri all Acqua Forte (Fanciful images of prisons) series (1749-60), 1st edition published by Giovanni Bouchard, Rome
Medium
etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite and burnishing
Measurements
54.4 × 41.2 cm (plate) 75.1 × 53.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Robison 31 i/vii
Edition
2nd or 3rd issue
Inscription
none
Accession Number
1136.3-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Architecture Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
arches friezes (ornamental areas) imaginary views imprisonment piazzas (squares) prisons (buildings) stonework