The Giant Wheel

Giovanni Battista Piranesic. 1749

Details

Title: The Giant Wheel
Creator Lifespan: 1720/1778
Creator Nationality: Italian
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Death Place: Rome, Italy
Creator Birth Place: Mestre, Italy
Date: c. 1749
Location: Rome, Italy
Physical Dimensions: w15.94 x h21.42 in (Plate)
Provenance: The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985
Type: Prints
Rights: © 2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
External Link: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Medium: Etching and engraving with plate tone
Publisher: Published by Giovanni Bouchard, Rome
Manuscript/Series/Book Title: From the Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons), first edition, first issue, Rome, 1749-50
Artist/Maker: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720 - 1778

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