ID: 700009339 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009339	Record Type: Movable Work

Prisoners on a projecting platform (etching (print); Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (printmaker, 1720-1778); publish...; published ca. 1749-1750; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2007.PR.103** ; 777403)

Note: In 1750, this print was among 14 plates published by Giovanni Bouchard in Opere varie.

Titles:

Prisoners on a projecting platform (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,P)

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: published ca. 1749-1750

Creator Display:

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (printmaker, 1720-1778); published by Giovanni Bouchard in Opere varie [preferred,GRISC]

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

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

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2007.PR.103** ; 777403

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Display Materials: 14 prints: etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing, scratching, b&w

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	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)

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

	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)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: plate marks in the series: 55.5 x 41.5 cm or smaller, on sheets 80 x 55 cm or smaller

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:

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

	platform (general) [300375665]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by form>) (AAT)

	prison (building) [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)

	capricci (visual works) [300015441]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	Italian (language) [300388474]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, <temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems>) (AAT)

Provenance: rumbl; Purchase.

State: i/vi

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Invenzioni capric di carceri all acqva forte

..... 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	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 777403

Subject: ....... [VP,GRISC]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) http://primo.getty.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=GRI&afterPDS=true&institution=GETTY&docId=GETTY_ALMA21139152170001551

....................... Robison, Piranesi: Early Architectural Fantasies, Catalogue Raisonné (1986) no. 29-42

....................... Wilton-Ely, J. Giovanni Battista Piranesi no. 26, 28, 29, 31-41

Note:
English	..... [GRISC,VP]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)