The Drawbridge
Medium
etching, engraving, scratching [date should be read as "published 1780s"]
Dimensions
plate: 54.7 x 41.1 cm (21 9/16 x 16 3/16 in.) sheet: 68.3 x 53 cm (26 7/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6992
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1720–1778
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) was an Italian printmaker, architect, and antiquarian whose visionary etchings of Rome and imaginary prisons revolutionized architectural representation and profoundly influenced both Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Piranesi stands as one of the most important printmakers of the eighteenth century, fundamentally shaping European perceptions of ancient Rome an...