The grand piazza.
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Item data
Title
The grand piazza.
Collection
The Charrington set: prints by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Carceri d'invenzione
Names
Charrington, John, 1856-1939 (Collector)
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 (Artist)
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 (Etcher)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1750 - 1751
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Shelf locator: MERH +
Subjects
Architecture
Architecture -- Italy -- Rome
Prisons
Capricci
Piazzas (squares)
Genres
Physical Description
Etchings
Extent: 1 print : etching ; plate mark 21 7/16 x 16 5/16 in. (54.5 x 41.4 cm.), on sheet 29 5/16 x 21 in. (74.5 x 53.3 cm.)
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c3e90cd0-c6c9-012f-08d6-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1750
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "The grand piazza." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1750 - 1751. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3e90cd0-c6c9-012f-08d6-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1750 - 1751). The grand piazza. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3e90cd0-c6c9-012f-08d6-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "The grand piazza." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 12, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3e90cd0-c6c9-012f-08d6-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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