Specifications
| Title | Building Blackfriars Bridge, London |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Etching |
| Object type |
Print
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 395 mm Width 605 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Graphic artist:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
|
| Accession number | L 1963/25 (PK) |
| Credits | Purchased with the support of Lucas van Leyden Foundation, 1963 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1963 |
| Creation date | in 1766 |
| Signature | lower center: ENGRAVED BY PIRANESI AT ROME |
| Watermark | letters and numerals FIN T DUPUY AUVERGNE 1742 (part) (51 x 125 mm?, left center, upright, P1-4 from the left; vH, 17P; similar to Robison 79?) |
| Inscriptions | lower center: VIEW OF PART OF THE INTENDED BRIDGE AT BLACKFRIARS LONDON / IN AVGVST MDCCLXIIII / BY ROBERT MYLINE ARCHITECT ENGRAVED BY PIRANESI AT ROME; lower right: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, 10th March 1766. |
| Provenance | ; - ; art dealers Craddock & Barnard, London; Purchased with the support of Lucas van Leyden Foundation 1963 |
| Exhibitions | Maastricht 1998; Rotterdam 1998; Rotterdam 2019; Rotterdam 2022 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Piranesi (2022) |
| External exhibitions |
Boijmans bij de Buren - De duizelingwekkende verbeelding van Piranesi (2019) |
| Research |
Show research Piranesi on Paper |
| Literature | Focillon 1918, no. 991; Hind 1922, p. 91 |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Etching
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
|
| Geographical origin | Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
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