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The Grand Piazza, plate IV from Carceri d'invenzione [Imaginary Prisons]
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Mogliano, Treviso, Italy, 1720–Rome, Italy, 1778)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Datecirca 1749
MediumEtching, engraving, sulfur tint or open bite and burnishing
DimensionsSheet: 28 7/8 × 20 1/2 in. (73.3 × 52 cm)
Additional Dimension: 21 9/16 × 16 5/16 in. (54.7 × 41.5 cm)
Additional Dimension: 21 9/16 × 16 5/16 in. (54.7 × 41.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Richard Hanner and Judith Hayashida, 2009.40
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2009.40
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1749-1750
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