ID: 700009372 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009372	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Drawbridge (etching (print); Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (Venetian, 1720 - 1778); 1780s)

Titles:

The Drawbridge (preferred,C,U,DE,English-P,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: 1780s

Creator Display:

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (Venetian, 1720 - 1778) [preferred]

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

Locations:

National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, United States) [500115983] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1943.3.6992

Credit Line: Rosenwald Collection

Display Materials: etching, engraving, 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)

	engravings (prints) [300041340]
	.......(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)

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

Dimensions: plate: 54.7 x 41.1 cm (21 9/16 x 16 3/16 in.); sheet: 68.3 x 53 cm (26 7/8 x 20 7/8 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:

	drawbridge [300007858]
	.....(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>, transportation structures, <transportation structures by form>, bridges (built works), <bridges by form>, movable bridges) (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)

State: v/vi

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

.................... Drawbridge, The

Sources and Contributors:
The Drawbridge	........ [VP]
	........ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)

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

....................... Robison, Piranesi: Early Architectural Fantasies, Catalogue Raisonné (1986) Robison 1986, no. 33