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Carceri Series, Plate XIV

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1745

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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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