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The grand piazza

The grand piazza
(1750-1760)
plate IV from the Invenzioni Capric di Carceri all Acqua Forte (Fanciful images of prisons) series (1749-60), 1st edition published by Giovanni Bouchard, Rome

Medium
etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite and burnishing
Measurements
54.4 × 41.2 cm (plate) 75.1 × 53.0 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Robison 31 i/vii
Edition
2nd or 3rd issue
Inscription
none
Accession Number
1136.3-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Architecture Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
arches friezes (ornamental areas) imaginary views imprisonment piazzas (squares) prisons (buildings) stonework