Specifications
| Title | The Giant Wheel |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Etching and engraving |
| Object type |
Print
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 547 mm Width 400 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Publisher:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
|
| Accession number | L 1952/36 (PK) |
| Credits | Purchased with the support of Lucas van Leyden Foundation, 1952 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1952 |
| Creation date | in 1761 |
| Signature | lower left: Piranesi F. |
| Watermark | two watermarks: letters and numerals FIN T DUPUY AUVERGNE 1742 (70 x 130 mm?, upper center, to the right, P2-5 from above; vV, 20P, plano; similar to Robison 78?); dovecote (122 x 120 mm?, lower center, to the right, P2-5 from below; vV, 20P, plano; not in Robinson) |
| Inscriptions | upper left: IX |
| Provenance | ; - ; art dealers Paul Prouté S.A., Paris; Purchased with the support of Lucas van Leyden Foundation, 1952 |
| Exhibitions | Rotterdam 1953; Amsterdam 1997; Maastricht 1998; Rotterdam 1998; Sint-Niklaas 1999; Rotterdam 2006; Rotterdam 2015; Rotterdam 2019 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Piranesi . Canaletto . Tiepolo: prenten uit de collectie Bierens de Haan, een keuze van oud-directeur J.C. Ebbinge Wubben (2006) |
| External exhibitions |
Boijmans bij de Buren - De duizelingwekkende verbeelding van Piranesi (2019) |
| Research |
Show research Piranesi on Paper |
| Literature | Focillon 1918, no. 32; Hind 1922, no. 9; Rotterdam 1953, nos. 15-30; Robison 1986, no. 35; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 34; Amsterdam 1997, no. IX, ill.; Maastricht 1998, pl. 11; Rotterdam 1998, ill.; Rotterdam 2015, no. 33 |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Etching
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Engraving
> Engraved
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Engraving
> Engraved
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
|
| Geographical origin | Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
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