id: 120435
accession number: 1941.26.8
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.26.8
updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:45.367000
Imaginary Prisons: The Prisons: A Vast Gallery with a Group of Prisoners, 1745–1750. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778). Etching; plate: 41.2 x 54.2 cm (16 1/4 x 21 5/16 in.); sheet: 49.5 x 63.4 cm (19 1/2 x 24 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1941.26.8
title: The Prisons: A Vast Gallery with a Group of Prisoners
title in original language:
series: Imaginary Prisons
series in original language: Carceri d'invenzione
creation date: 1745–1750
creation date earliest: 1745
creation date latest: 1750
current location:
creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:
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culture: Italy, 18th century
technique: etching
department: Prints
collection: PR - Etching
type: Print
find spot:
catalogue raisonne: Focillon 33 ; Hind 10 ; Robison 36 I/IV ; Wilton-Ely 35 Early State
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CREATORS
* Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778) - artist
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measurements: Plate: 41.2 x 54.2 cm (16 1/4 x 21 5/16 in.); Sheet: 49.5 x 63.4 cm (19 1/2 x 24 15/16 in.)
state of the work: H. I/III
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inscriptions:
inscription: Signed, lower left, in plate: Piranesi f.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
opening date: 1958-03-03T05:00:00
Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. 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
Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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