Terms and conditions of use
The giant wheel
(1750-c. 1758)
plate IX 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 and engraving
Measurements
55.0 × 40.6 cm (plate) 75.3 × 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 35 ii/viii
Edition
2nd issue
Inscription
inscribed in plate within image l.l.: Piranesi f
Accession Number
1136.7-3
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)
imaginary views imprisonment machinery prisons (buildings) stonework wheels (components)