Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian (1720 - 1778) Primary
View of the Fontana Paola on the Janiculum Hill
1751
Etching on wove paper
Plate
15 3/4 in. x 24 1/4 in. (40.01 cm x 61.6 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
X.200
Geography:
Europe, Italy
Classification:
Fine and Visual Arts; Prints; Etchings
Culture/Nationality:
Italian
Keywords
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- architecture
- carriages - Refers to horse-drawn wheeled vehicles designed primarily to convey people in some comfort.
- etchings - Prints made from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed. For designs incised directly into a copper plate using a burin or graver, use "engravings (prints)."
- Italian - Refers to the culture of the modern nation of Italy, or in general to cultures that have occupied the boot-shaped Italian peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Dimensions
- Plate Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 24 1/4 in. (40.005 x 61.595 cm)
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