ID: 700009364 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009364	Record Type: Movable Work
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Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons) (etching (print); Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–17...; ca. 1749–1750; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 37.45.3(33); )

Note: In the rough and bold etchings of the Carceri, Piranesi achieved the immediacy of a drawn sketch in print. The low viewpoint and the small size of the figures emphasize the immensity of these invented spaces, based on stage prisons rather than real ones. The spatial anomalies were meant not to be logical but to express vastness and strength.

Titles:

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons) (preferred,C,U,RD,English-P,U,U)

Carceri d'invenzione (C,U,SE,Italian,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

etching (print) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1749–1750

Creator Display:

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome); publisher: Giovanni Bouchard (French, ca. 1716–1795) [preferred]

publisher Bouchard, Giovanni (Italian publisher, printer, ca. 1716-1795) [500353817]

printmaker Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (Italian printmaker, architect, 1720-1778) [500114965]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 37.45.3(33)

Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937

Display Materials: Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

	engraving (printing process) [300053225]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

	open biting [300179734]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing techniques, printing surface preparation techniques, biting techniques)

	burnishing (polishing) [300053869]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <finishing and refinishing processes>, finishing (process), polishing)

Dimensions: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 25 3/16 in. (49.5 x 64 cm); Plate: 16 1/8 x 21 1/4 in. (41 x 54 cm)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:

	prisoners [300025933]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)

	platform (floor) [300132129]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <surface elements and surface element components>, surface elements (architectural), <floors and floor components>, floors (surface elements)) (AAT)

	prisons (buildings) [300006460]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, institutional buildings, correctional institutions (buildings)) (AAT)

Provenance: James Franck Bright; Vendor: James Rimell & Son (British)

Inscriptions: At lower left: Piranesi f.

State: first state of four (Robison)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual Works by class: for movable works

............... Carceri d'Invenzione

.................... Prisoners on a Projecting Platform

Sources and Contributors:
Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Carceri d'invenzione	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 5 March 2018