ID: 700009366 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009366	Record Type: Movable Work
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The Sawhorse, from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons) (etching (print); Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–17...; ca. 1749–1750; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 37.45.3(32); )

Note: In the rough and bold etchings of the Carceri, Piranesi achieved the immediacy of a drawn sketch in print. The low viewpoint and the small size of the figures emphasize the immensity of these invented spaces, based on stage prisons rather than real ones. The spatial anomalies were meant not to be logical but to express vastness and strength.

Titles:

The Sawhorse, from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons) (preferred,C,U,RD,English-P,U,U)

Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons) (C,U,SE,Italian,U,U)

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: ca. 1749–1750

Creator Display:

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome); publisher: Giovanni Bouchard (French, ca. 1716–1795) [preferred]

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

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

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 37.45.3(32)

Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937

Display Materials: Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, scratching

	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)

	scratching (process) [300379457]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>)

Dimensions: Sheet: 19 7/16 x 25 1/16 in. (49.4 x 63.6 cm); Plate: 16 1/4 x 21 7/8 in. (41.2 x 55.5 cm)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:

	sawhorse [300024189]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, supporting equipment, horses (equipment)) (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)

Provenance: James Franck Bright; Vendor: James Rimell & Son (British)

Inscriptions: At lower left: PIranesi f.

Marks: On verso at right center: The Metropolitan Museum of Art stamp

State: first state of four (Robison)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

..... Conceptual Works

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

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

.................... Sawhorse, The

Sources and Contributors:
The Sawhorse, from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 5 March 2018