Carceri Series, Plate IX

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1745

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Vertical rectangle. A gigantic circular opening, through which is seen a scaffolding and a bridge. A group of figures stand in the openings; others on steps below. Upper right, Calcografia number 357.

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Title: Carceri Series, Plate IX
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
Date Created: 1745
Location Created: Italy
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/123006
Medium: Etching
Credit line: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi Etching