Le Carceri d'Invenzione, plate IX: The Giant Wheel (Q20991344)

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genre: capriccio (Q2278308)

artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Q316307)

collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (Q1129820) Philadelphia Museum of Art (Q510324) Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (Q840886) Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)

location: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (Q840886)

part of the series: Le Carceri d'Invenzione (I) (Q20991327)

main subject: prison (Q40357)

material used: paper (Q11472)

depicts: prison (Q40357) wheel (Q446) human (Q5) stairs (Q12511) arch (Q12277)

instance of: etching print (Q18218093)

catalog URL: https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18425249

information from the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest catalog

description: Vertical rectangle. A gigantic circular opening, through which is seen a scaffolding and a bridge. A group of figures stand in the openings; others on steps below. Upper right, Calcografia number 357.

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