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Title plate

Title plate
(mid 1760s-early 1770s)
plate I from the Carceri d'Invenzioni (Imaginary prisons) series (1761- late 1770s), 2nd edition published by G. B. Piranesi, Rome

Medium
etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite
Measurements
54.8 × 41.6 cm (plate) 80.8 × 56.3 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Robison 29 vii/ix
Edition
3rd issue
Inscription
inscribed in plate c.: CARCERI / D'INVENZIONE / DI G. BATTISTA / PIRANESI / ARCHIT. / VENE
inscribed in plate l.l.: Piranesi F.
Accession Number
1150.1-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Architecture Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
chains (object genres) grilles (barrier elements) imaginary views imprisonment prisons (buildings) stairs stonework title pages