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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate 8: The Staircase with Trophies

Description

Maker

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker

Title

Plate 8: The Staircase with Trophies
, from Invenzioni Capric di Carceri... (Imaginary Prisons)

Year

1749-1750

Medium

Etching on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Etching on laid paper

Materials

etching

Supports

Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 53.8 x 39.8 cm (21 3/16 x 15 11/16 inches)

Identification

State

i/v

Standard Reference Number

Robison 1986, no. 34; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 33

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

47.154.8

Type

Prints

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Tombstone

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), printmaker

Plate 8: The Staircase with Trophies; , from Invenzioni Capric di Carceri... (Imaginary Prisons), 1749-1750

Etching on laid paper

Plate: 53.8 x 39.8 cm (21 3/16 x 15 11/16 inches)

Jesse Metcalf Fund 47.154.8

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