id:			120422
accession number:	1941.26
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.26
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:45.301000

The Prisons, 1745–1750. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1941.26

title:				The Prisons
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creation date:			1745–1750
creation date earliest:		1745
creation date latest:		1750
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	Italy, 18th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)  - artist

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
	opening date:   1958-03-03T05:00:00
	<i>Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).

	title:		Old Master Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1966-07-29T04:00:00
	<i>Old Master Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).

	title:		Italian Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1968-01-30T05:00:00
	<i>Italian Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-February 25, 1968).

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 634
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n118

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 149
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n173

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 149
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n173

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 145
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n165

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