Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italy 1720–1778)
- Title
- Prisons
- Other titles:
- Carceri d'invenzione (title page)
- Year
- 1760
- Media category
- Materials used
- etching
- Dimensions
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54.9 x 41.5cm platemark; 71.1 x 53.5cm sheet (irreg.)
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1938
- Accession number
- 6736
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (4)
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Peter Raissis (Australia) (Author), Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 1998, 7 (illus.), 8. no catalogue numbers
'How Great Thou Art' by Bruce James, pg. 12s., The Sydney Morning Herald 29 Aug 1998, 29 Aug 1998, 12s. Appearing in the Spectrum Arts section.
Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Author), Piety and Paganism, Sydney, 1991, 8. no catalogue numbers
Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Curator), The bitten image: European etchings from the collection, Domain, 1980, 9. no catalogue numbers
- Exhibition history (4)
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The Bitten Image: European etchings from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Jul 1980–14 Sep 1980.
Piety and Paganism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Jul 1991–29 Sep 1991.
Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Jun 1998–20 Sep 1998.
Light from Shadow, the role of chiaroscuro in spatial imaging, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, 22 Oct 2003–29 Nov 2003.
