The Monumental Tablet

Giovanni Battista Piranesica. 1745

Details

Title: The Monumental Tablet
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date Created: ca. 1745
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “Piranesi inv. incise e vende…”; inscribed, lower right: numeral “27”
Set or Series Title: Grotteschi
Print State: Second of two states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Materials & Techniques: Etching on laid paper. Watermark: “house and bird”. Watermark: Hind #7
Keywords: architecture, Italy, Rome
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: First Paris edition, 1800–1807; according to Robison, reworked
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 313 mm x 539 mm (12.32 in. x 21.22 in.). Sheet dimensions: 507 mm x 705 mm (19.96 in. x 27.76 in.).
Bibliography: Focillon 23; Hind, p. 81; Wilton-Ely 24 and p. 44 with remark: “Decorative capriccio. Prominently placed wall with a moulded frame in front of which are a flaming urn and various objects including skulls and an hourglass.”
Associated People: Created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.29

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