Title:
The Well, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Series/Portfolio:
Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)
Artist:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
Publisher:
Giovanni Bouchard (French, ca. 1716–1795)
Date:
ca. 1749–50
Medium:
Etching, engraving, scratching, burnishing, lavis; first state of six (Robison)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 7/16 x 25 in. (49.4 x 63.5 cm)
Plate: 16 x 21 9/16 in. (40.6 x 54.8 cm)
Classification:
Prints
Credit Line:
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Accession Number:
37.45.3(28)