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The Man on the Rack

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Man on the Rack

1760

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Man on the Rack

1760

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 631 x 466 mm. (24 13/16 x 18 3/8 in.) Plate: 562 x 416 mm. (22 1/8 x 16 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number 1935.1.2
Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein

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

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1719–1777

Italian, 1720-1778
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