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The Drawbridge, plate VII from the series Carceri d'Invenzione
Giovanni Battista Piranesi1745 -printed later
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Vertical rectangle. Wooden bridges connect piers and arcades in the distance. Spiral staircases on piers connect several bridges.
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Details
- Title: The Drawbridge, plate VII from the series Carceri d'Invenzione
- Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Creator Lifespan: 1720
- Date Created: 1745 -printed later
- Type: Print
- Rights: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis
- Medium: Etching on white laid paper
- Provenance: Calcografia Nazionale
- Paper Support: White laid paper
- Markings: upper left, Calcografia number 355.
- Dimensions: 55.7 x 41.3 cm (21 15/16 x 16 1/4 in.)
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