The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from Imaginary Prisons

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title

The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from Imaginary Prisons

Origin

Italy

Date

1761

Medium

Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Dimensions

545 × 400 mm (image); 553 × 408 mm (plate); 781 × 590 mm (sheet)

Credit Line

The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections

Reference Number

1922.5599

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