Updated 14 May 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
<The Prisons (Le Carceri)> (1st edition): (8) Staircase with Trophies
| Date | ca. 1758-1760; first published in ca. 1749-1750 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | etching and engraving on thin wove paper |
| Size（cm） | 55.7 x 40.6 |
| State | 1st edition, 1st or 2nd issue (ca. 1749-50 / ca. 1758) (Robison) ; Published by Giovanni Bouchard, Rome |
| Standard ref. | Focillon 31; Hind 8 (1/3); Robison 34 (1/6); Wilton-Ely 33. |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.1984-0006 |
Provenance
Mary Stansbury Ruiz; George Vanderbilt; Galleria Grafica, Tokyo; Purchased by the NMWA, 1984.
Exhibition History
- 1987
- “Fantasy” in European Prints, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, 6 August 1987 - 6 September 1987, cat. no. 3 First Edition (8)
- 1989
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, 21 May 1989 - 25 June 1989, cat. no. 38-1
- 1996
- Archaeology of the Future City, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 24 July 1996 - 16 September 1996, cat. no. C-14, repr.
- 2012
- [Prints and Drawings Exhibition] The Prisons by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Prints and Drawings Gallery, 6 March 2012 - 20 May 2012, cat. no. 6
Bibliography
- 1918
- Focillon, Henri. Giovanni-Battista Piranesi: Essai de catalogue raisonné de son œuvre. Paris, 1918, pp. 12-14.
- 1922
- Hind, Arthur M. Giovanni Battista Piranesi: A Critical Study. 1922, (reprint ed., London, 1978), pp. 24-29.
- 1976
- Salamon, Teresa Villa. Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Grafica, Ⅱ-2. Calcografia Nationale, Roma, 1976, pp. 29-41.
- 1986
- Robison, Andrew. Piranesi, Early Architectural Fantasies, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Etchings. Washington D. C./Chicago, 1986, pp. 139-210.
- 1987
- "Fantasy" in European Prints (exh. cat.). Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, ed. Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, 1987, pp. 16-21, 53, cat. no. 3, repr.
- 1988
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 19 (1984), 1988, Yukiyama, Koji. New Acquisitions 1984. pp.16-20, Catalogue of the New Acquisitions 1984. pp. 32-43, repr.
- 1989
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi (exh. cat.). Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, ed. Machida, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, 1989, pp. 56, 141, cat. no. 38-1, repr.
- 1996
- Archaeology of the Future City (exh. cat.). Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo et al., eds. [Tokyo], Tokyo Shimbun, 1996, pp. 65, 211, cat. no. C-14, repr.