Grotteshi
Grotteshi
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:
signed on the plate, b.l.: "Piranesi invento; ed incise"; inscribed on plate, b.r.: "Ap.o Piranesi dirimpetto (`Accademia di Francia in Roma)"
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.bb
PERMALINK:
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ADDITIONAL IMAGES:
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DIMENSIONS
- primary object, sheet: 21 9/16 x 30 3/4 in. (54.77 x 78.11 cm)
- primary object, platemark: 15 3/8 x 21 5/8 in. (39.05 x 54.93 cm)
- primary object, platemark: 15 7/16 x 21 9/16 in. (39.2 x 54.7 cm)
- sheet, sheet: 21 5/8 x 16 5/16 in. (54.9 x 41.5 cm)
RELATED SIBLING RECORD(S)
Grotteshi
1973-1-1.1.aa
Grotteshi
1973-1-1.1.cc
Idea delle antiche vie Appia e Ardeatina
1973-1-1.1.s1
Ingresso d'un antico ginnasio
1973-1-1.1.s2
Scuola antica architettata all'egiziana e alla greca
1973-1-1.1.u1
Portici tirati dintorno ad un foro con palazzo regio
1973-1-1.1.u2
Ponte trionfale
1973-1-1.1.v1
Braccio di città pensile, e navigata al di sotto
1973-1-1.1.v2
Rovine d'archit.a egiziana e greca
1973-1-1.1.w1
Idea d'un atrio reale
1973-1-1.1.w2