Updated 14 May 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
<The Prisons (Le Carceri)> (2nd edition): (1) Title Plate
| Date | 1760s,mid.-1770s,early (by Robison); 1761,first published (2nd edition) |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | etching, engraving, sulpher tint or open bite on laid paper |
| Watermarks | fleur-de-lys in a double circle |
| Size（cm） | 55.3 x 41.9 (plate); 74.5 x 54.0 (paper) |
| State | 2nd edition, 3rd issue, Published by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Roma. |
| Inscriptions | Titled: CARCERI / D' INVENZIONE / DI G. BATTISTA / PIRANESI / ARCHIT. / VENE.; Signed at bottom left: Piranesi F; Numbered at top left: I |
| Standard ref. | Focillon 24; Hind 1 (3/3); Robison 29 (7/9); Wilton-Ely 26. |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.1987-0423 |
Provenance
Purchased by the NMWA, 1988.
Exhibition History
- 1987
- “Fantasy” in European Prints, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, 6 August 1987 - 6 September 1987, cat. no. 3 Second Edition (1)
- 1989
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, 21 May 1989 - 25 June 1989, cat. no. 31-2
- 1997
- Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nagaoka, 12 April 1997 - 18 May 1997, cat. no. 74-1
- 2001
- Welcome to the forest of imagination western prints as a means of relaxation, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, 25 October 2001 - 16 December 2001, car. no. 1, 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. 15
Bibliography
- 1918
- Focillon, Henri. Giovanni-Battista Piranesi: Essai de catalogue raisoné de son œuvre. Paris, 1918, pp. 12-14.
- 1922
- Hind, Arthur Mayger. Giovanni Battista Piranesi: A Critical Study with a List of His Published Works and Detailed Catalogue of the Prisons and the Views of Rome. London, 1922 (rep. ed. London, Holland, 1978), pp. 24-29.
- 1976
- [Giovanni Battista Piranesi] (exh. cat.). Salamon, Teresa Villa, ed. Calcografia Nationale, Roma, 1976. Roma, Edizioni dell'Elfefante, 1976 (Grafica grafica, 2), pp. 29-41.
- 1986
- Robison, Andrew. Piranesi: Early Architectural Fantasies, a Catalogue Raisonné of the Etchings. Washington D. C., 1986, pp. 139-210.
- 1989
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1989 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), cat. no. 120
- 1989
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi (exh. cat.). Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, ed. Machida, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, 1989, pp. 49, 140, cat. no. 31-2, repr.
- 1990
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. Nos. 21-22 (Apr. 1986 -Mar.1987 ), 1990, Yukiyama, Koji. New Acquisitions 1986-1987. pp. 17-21, Catalogue of the New Acquisitions 1986-87. pp. 170-179, repr.
- 2001
- Welcome to the Forest of Imagination Western Prints as a Means of Relaxation (exh.cat.). Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu. Gifu, Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, 2001, pp.2, 29, cat. no. 1, repr.