ID: 700009359 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009359	Record Type: Conceptual
Images: 1 2

Pier with a Lamp, The (etching (print); Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian printmaker, architect, 1...; 1749-1750)

Note: Plate 15 of 2nd ed 2nd issue and all subsequent issues.

Titles:

Pier with a Lamp, The (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: multiples

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: 1749-1750

Creator Display:

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

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

Locations:

Not Applicable:

Display Materials: etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing; ink on paper

	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)

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

	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>)

	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: plate: 415 x 558

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,description)

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)

	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)

Inscriptions: Signed bottom left margin in state 3

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Conceptual Works

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

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

Sources and Contributors:
Pier with a Lamp, The	........ [VP]
	........ Robison, Piranesi: the early architectural fantasies: a guide to the exhibition (1978)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Robison, Piranesi: the early architectural fantasies: a guide to the exhibition (1978) 198 ff.