Of Piranesi’s famous print series the Carceri the museum owns both the first state (1749-50) and the second state (1761). Complete sets of the first state are especially rare. The series consists of fourteen prints, to which two more were added in the second series. For the second state Piranesi drastically revised the images and etched them much more deeply, enhancing the dramatic effect. These large prints of terrifying monumental dungeons show the brilliant technique and imagination of Piranesi.
Specifications
| Title | The Drawbridge |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Etching |
| Object type |
Print
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 557 mm Width 411 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Graphic artist:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Publisher: Giovanni Bouchard |
| Accession number | L 1952/18 (PK) |
| Credits | Purchased with the support of Lucas van Leyden Foundation, 1952 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1952 |
| Creation date | in 1749-1750 |
| Signature | lower left: Piranesi f. |
| Watermark | fleur-del-lis in circle with letter F below (62 x 55 mm, lower center, to the left, P3 from below; vV, 14P, plano; similar to Robison 5) |
| Provenance | ; - ; art dealers Colnaghi, London; Purchased with the support of Lucas van Leyden Foundation, 1952 |
| Exhibitions | Rotterdam 1953; Maastricht 1998; Rotterdam 1998; Rotterdam 2006; Haarlem 2008; Rotterdam 2019; Rotterdam 2022 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Piranesi . Canaletto . Tiepolo: prenten uit de collectie Bierens de Haan, een keuze van oud-directeur J.C. Ebbinge Wubben (2006) Piranesi (2022) |
| External exhibitions |
Boijmans bij de Buren - De duizelingwekkende verbeelding van Piranesi (2019) |
| Research |
Show research Piranesi on Paper |
| Literature | Focillon 1918, no. 30; Hind 1922, no. 7; Rotterdam 1953, nos. 1-14, pl. 2; Robison 1986, no. 33; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 32; Maastricht 1998, pl. 8; Rotterdam 2006, ill. |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Etching
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
|
| Geographical origin | Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
