Frontispiece: "Prima Parte"

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Frontispiece: "Prima Parte"

from Opere Varie di Architettura, prospettiva, grotteschi, antichita

1761

etching

sheet: 21 5/8 x 16 5/16 in. (54.9 x 41.5 cm)


Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Mogliano Veneto, Italy, 1720 - 1778, Rome, Italy)


CULTURE OR GROUP:

Italian

OBJECT TYPE:

etchings (prints)

MARKS:

inscribed on the plate, c.r. upon the image of a stone: "Prime Parte di Architetture e Prospettive Inventate ed Incise da Gianbattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano Fra Gli Arcade Salcendio Tiseio"

IMAGE USE:

Open Access Image

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NOT CURRENTLY ON VIEW
CREDIT LINE:

Gift of Max Abromowitz

OBJECT NUMBER:

1973-1-1.1.b

PERMALINK:

https://collection.kam.illinois.edu/objects-1/info/3619

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Further Information

ADDITIONAL IMAGES:

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DIMENSIONS

  • primary object, sheet: 21 9/16 x 16 1/4 in. (54.77 x 41.28 cm)
  • primary object, platemark: 14 1/8 x 10 1/16 in. (35.88 x 25.56 cm)
  • primary object, platemark: 14 1/8 x 10 1/16 in. (35.8 x 25.5 cm)
  • sheet, sheet: 21 5/8 x 16 5/16 in. (54.9 x 41.5 cm)

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