Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Man on the Rack
1760
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Man on the Rack
1760
Inscribed: Etched beneath image at center: "Presso l'Autore a Strada Felice vicino alla Trinità de' Monti. Pogli Sedici, al prezzo di paoli venti." Etched beneath image at right: "Piranesi F." In trompe-l'oeil on four plaques mounted on pier in lower left (and listed from topmost to lowest): "I.BARE[blocked by pole]ORAN" "M.TRASE [blocked by pole]AE" "[blocked]TISTIVS[blocked] "MIV[blocked]" In trompe-l'oeil on stone at upper left: "GRATVS" In trompe-l'oeil eneath three sculpted busts along top, listed from left to right: "PANICIVSCER" "LANNAEVSNIEL" "C.PETRONIVSV" Illegible inscription above corinthian capital in background at right: "PREMV[?]" In graphite at bottom left of sheet: "H.2 i" In graphite at center below platemark: "2"
Markings: WM: none
