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The Giant Wheel

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Giant Wheel

1748

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The Giant Wheel

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Giant Wheel

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Giant Wheel

1748

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 836 x 610 mm. (32 15/16 x 24 in.) Plate: 560 x 411 mm. (22 1/16 x 16 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Nydia S. Finch, Cockeysville, Maryland
Object Number 2010.53
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2010; Mrs. Nydia Finch, Baltimore, by purchase; Lucien Goldschmidt, NY

Inscribed: lower left in plate: "Piranesi f."; upper left in plate: "IX"; upper right in plate: "357"

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1719–1777

Italian, 1720-1778
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