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

Medium
etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing, scratching and drypoint
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing, scratching and drypoint
Measurements
(1) 54.4 × 41.6 cm (plate) 75.6 × 53.0 cm (sheet)
(2) 54.6 × 41.4 cm (plate) 73.8 × 53.0 cm (sheet)
(3) 54.4 × 41.2 cm (plate) 75.1 × 53.0 cm (sheet)
(4) 53.9 × 39.8 cm (plate) 72.0 × 53.0 cm (sheet)
(5) 54.7 × 40.6 cm (plate) 75.5 × 53.0 cm (sheet)
(6) 54.7 × 40.1 cm (plate) 75.3 × 53.0 cm (sheet)
(7) 55.0 × 40.6 cm (plate) 75.3 × 53.0 cm (sheet)
(8) 41.1 × 54.2 cm (plate) 53.0 × 75.4 cm (sheet)
(9) 40.4 × 54.5 cm (plate) 52.9 × 75.6 cm (sheet)
(10) 41.5 × 55.3 cm (plate) 53.0 × 75.1 cm (sheet)
(11) 40.8 × 55.0 cm (plate) 53.0 × 75.4 cm (sheet)
(12) 41.0 × 54.0 cm (plate) 53.0 × 75.3 cm (sheet)
(13) 41.2 × 54.8 cm (plate) 53.1 × 75.8 cm (sheet)
(14) 40.6 × 54.7 cm (plate) 53.1 × 75.1 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
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
Inscription
(1) inscribed in plate c.: INVENZIONI / CAPRIC DI CARCERI / ALL ACQUA FORTE / DATT- IN LUCE / DA GIOVANI / BOUCHARD IN / ROMA MERCANTE / AL CORSO
(5) inscribed in plate below image l.l.: Piranesi f.
(7) inscribed in plate within image l.l.: Piranesi f
(8) inscribed in plate within image l.l.: Piranesi f.
(10) inscribed in plate l.l.: Piranesi f.
(11) inscribed in plate l.r.: Piranesi f.
Accession Number
1136.1-14-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
Gallery location
Not on display