Carceri Series, Title Page

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1745

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Vertical Rectangle. Interior of a large stone chamber, spanned by bridges. Below a seated figure in chains, the title: "CARCERI / INVENZIONE / G. BATTISTA / PIRANESI/ ARCIT. /VENE (ZIANO)". Above the seated figure, the Calcografia number 349.

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Title: Carceri Series, Title Page
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
Date Created: 1745
Location Created: Italy
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/122987
Medium: Etching
Credit line: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi Etching