Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive. [Title page]
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Title
Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive. [Title page]
Collection
The Charrington set: prints by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive.
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
Capricci
Genres
Notes
Content: Dedication replaced by "fra gli Arcadi Salcindio Tiseo" ("among the Arcadians Salcindio Tiseio.") Salcindio Tiseo was Piranesi's poetic pseudonym.
Physical Description
Etchings
Extent: 1 print : etching ; plate mark 14 3/16 x 10 1/16 in. (36 x 25.5 cm.), on sheet 20 7/8 x 14 3/4 in. (53 x 37.5 cm.)
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e447ebd0-c6c9-012f-8ade-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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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. (1750 - 1751). Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive. [Title page] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e447ebd0-c6c9-012f-8ade-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive. [Title page]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e447ebd0-c6c9-012f-8ade-58d385a7bc34
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