An important part of the museum's collection of graphic art is formed by the almost twohundred etchings done by the Italian artist and architect, Giovanni Battista Piranesi. He transferred his dreams and fantasies into a major series of etchings. Even during his lifetime these earned him great fame. Initially, he limited his work to making romantic impressions of vast ruins from Roman antiquity. Later he made his own architectural creations on paper, works with a stunning and terrifying impact - especially the series 'Carceri' (dungeons). They conjure up immense buildings through which staircases wind endlessly and a human being is a miniscule detail becoming more and more insignificant. The hallucinatory nature of these works is strengthened by the fact that the perspective makes the scene increasingly complicated and impenetrable.
Specifications
| Title | The Drawbridge |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Etching and engraving |
| Object type |
Print
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 547 mm Width 408 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Publisher:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
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| Accession number | L 1952/34 (PK) |
| Credits | Purchased with the support of Lucas van Leyden Foundation, 1952 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1952 |
| Creation date | in 1761 |
| Signature | lower left: Piranesi F. |
| Watermark | two watermarks: letters and numerals FIN T DUPUY AUVERGNE 1742 (70 x 133 mm, upper center, to the left, P2-5 from above; vV, 20P, plano; similar to Robison 78); dovecote (133 x 125 mm, lower center, to the left, P2-5 from below; vV, 20P, plano; not in Robinson) |
| Inscriptions | upper left: VII |
| Provenance | ; - ; art dealers Paul Prouté S.A., Paris; Purchased with the support of Lucas van Leyden Foundation, 1952 |
| Exhibitions | Rotterdam 1953; Amsterdam 1997; Maastricht 1998; Rotterdam 1998; Sint-Niklaas 1999; Rotterdam 2006; Haarlem 2008; Rotterdam 2009 (coll 2 kw 1-2); Rotterdam 2015; Rotterdam 2019; Rotterdam 2022 |
| Internal exhibitions |
De Collectie Twee - wissel I, Prenten & Tekeningen (2009) De Collectie Twee - wissel II, Prenten & Tekeningen (2009) 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. 15-30, pl. 3; Robison 1986, no. 33; Wilton-Ely 1994, no. 32; Amsterdam 1997, no. VII, ill.; Maastricht 1998, pl. 9; Rotterdam 1998, ill.; Rotterdam 2006, ill.; Rotterdam 2015, no. 33 |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Etching
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Engraving
> Engraved
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Engraving
> Engraved
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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| Geographical origin | Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
