ID: 700009344 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009344	Record Type: Movable Work

[The pier with a lamp] (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. The print was included in the group of 14 plates, entitled Invenzioni capric di carceri, published by Giovanni Bouchard in Opere varie (1750). It was later reworked and reissued as plate XV of Carceri d'invenzione (Rome, 1761); Title from Robison and Wilton-Ely; In the center of the print, a vast pier supporting two arches, is decorated with heads holding rings; Partial gift of Dr. Richard A. Simms. Publication: [ca. 1749].

Titles:

[The pier with a lamp] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Pier with a lamp (C,U,English,U,P)

[The pier with a lamp]; [graphic]. (C,U,undetermined,,)

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)

print (visual work) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

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]

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian etcher, 1720-1778) [,GRISC]

publishers unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Guérin, Marcel (French author and collector, 1873-1948) [500353810]

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

	prints (visual works) [300041273]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

	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)

	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)

structures

Specific Subjects:

	pier (supporting element) [300000953]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, <supporting and resisting elements>, <piers and pier components>) (AAT)

	lamp (lighting device) [300037592]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, lighting devices, <lighting devices by form>) (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)

	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)

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

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

.................... Pier with a Lamp, The

Sources and Contributors:
[The pier with a lamp]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 703060
Pier with a lamp	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 777403
[The pier with a lamp]; [graphic].	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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; no. 41

....................... Wilton-Ely, J. Giovanni Battista Piranesi no. 26, 28, 29, 31-41; no. 40

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