Prima Parte di Architetture, e Prospettive inventate ed incise di Giambatista Piranesi
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
Italy (original etching, made)
Paris (bound volume, produced) - Date:
1743 (first published)
1800-1807 (produced) - Artist/Maker:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, born 1720 - died 1778 (artist)
Tessier, born 18 - died 19 (bookbinders) - Materials and Techniques:
etching
- Museum number:
E.4339-1908
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level D, case LL, shelf 8
Physical description
Plate from 'Prima Parte di Architettura e Prospettive inventate ed incise di Giambatista Piranesi'.
Place of Origin
Italy (original etching, made)
Paris (bound volume, produced)
Date
1743 (first published)
1800-1807 (produced)
Artist/maker
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, born 1720 - died 1778 (artist)
Tessier, born 18 - died 19 (bookbinders)
Materials and Techniques
etching
Dimensions
Height: 58.4 cm volume, Width: 42.5 cm volume
Object history note
Bound in volume 8 of the 27 volume 'first Paris edition' of the works of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published by his sons Francesco and Pietro Piranesi in 1800-1807.
Descriptive line
Plate from 'Prima Parte di Architetture, e Prospettive', etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italy, 1743, bound by Tessier, Paris, 1800-1807
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Departmental notes
Materials
Paper (fiber product)
Techniques
Etching
Categories
Prints; Architecture
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
