The Giant Wheel
From the Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons), first edition, first issue, Rome, 1749-50
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720 - 1778. Published by Giovanni Bouchard, Rome.
Geography:
Made in Rome, Italy, Europe
Date:
c. 1749Medium:
Etching and engraving with plate toneDimensions:
Plate: 21 7/16 x 15 15/16 inches (54.4 x 40.5 cm) Sheet: 22 1/16 x 16 1/2 inches (56 x 41.9 cm)Curatorial Department:
Prints, Drawings, and PhotographsObject Location:
1985-52-1306Credit Line:
The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985
Made in Rome, Italy, Europe
Date:
c. 1749Medium:
Etching and engraving with plate toneDimensions:
Plate: 21 7/16 x 15 15/16 inches (54.4 x 40.5 cm) Sheet: 22 1/16 x 16 1/2 inches (56 x 41.9 cm)Curatorial Department:
Prints, Drawings, and PhotographsObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1985-52-1306Credit Line:
The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985