Carcere Oscura con Antenna pel suplizio dè malfatori
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720 - 1778
1743
Etching, engraving, and drypoint on paper
Plate: 15 1/16 × 9 3/16 in. (38.2 × 23.3 cm)
Sheet: 17 13/16 × 11 1/8 in. (45.3 × 28.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Wallace D. Bradway, Class of 1947
2022.19.12
Portfolio / Series Title
Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive (Part One of Architecture and Perspectives)
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
18th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower left: Gio.Batta.Piranesi Arch.to inven ed incise in Roma
Provenance
Graham Arader Gallery, New York, New York; sold to Wallace D. Bradway, New Haven, Connecticut, 14 November 2003; given to present collection, 2022.
Catalogue Raisonne
Focillon 4; Hind 79.2; Wilton-Ely 24.5
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