Title:
The Giant Wheel, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Series/Portfolio:
Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)
Artist:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
Publisher:
Giovanni Bouchard (French, ca. 1716–1795)
Date:
ca. 1749–50
Medium:
Etching, engraving; second state of eight (Robison)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 1/16 x 19 1/2 in. (63.6 x 49.5 cm)
Plate: 21 5/8 x 16 1/16 in. (55 x 40.8 cm)
Classification:
Prints
Credit Line:
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Accession Number:
37.45.3(26)