Carceri Series, Plate XIV

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1745

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Horizontal rectangle. Multiple vaults supported on rusticated piers and strengthened by wooden cross-beams. A broad staircase rises to the left. Center right, Calcografia number 362.

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Title: Carceri Series, Plate XIV
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Creator Lifespan: 1720
Date Created: 1745
Type: Print
Rights: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis
Medium: Etching on white laid paper
Signed: Lower Left in plate: Piranesi, F.
Paper Support: White laid paper
Markings: Upper right in palte: XIV
Dimensions: 53.6 x 62.5 cm (21 1/8 x 24 5/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi Etching Laid paper