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The Lion Bas-Reliefs


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The Lion Bas-Reliefs

1761
18th century
562 x 411 mm (22.1 x 16.2 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper
State: First of two states
Print impression quality: Fairly good
Series: from Carceri d’Invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi, Archit[etto] Vene[ziano]
Edition: First Paris edition, 1800–1809; this plate did not appear in Bouchard’s editions
Marks: Signed in plate, lower right: “Piranesi F.”
Marks: Watermark: No watermark
Bibliography: Focillon 28; Hind 5; Wilton-Ely 30 and p. 56 as: “Grand arcaded structures with lion bas-reliefs in the foreground.”
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.5

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  • architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
  • prisons - Use for places of confinement and correction run by state or federal authorities for those adults convicted to sentences over one year for serious crimes; developed since the late 18th century and generally characterized by cell and corridor plans with separation by offense and sex, and programs of rehabilitation provided as means toward prisoner reform. Use "jails" for places for offenders sentenced either for lesser crimes or for terms up to one year.

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  • plate Dimensions: 562 x 411 mm (22.1 x 16.2 in.)

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