ID: 700009522 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009522	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Gothic Arch, from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons) (print (visual work); 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(30); )

Titles:

The Gothic Arch, from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

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

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

print (visual work) [300041273] (preferred)

..... (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: ca. 1749–1750

Creator Display:

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

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

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

Locations:

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

Repository Numbers: 37.45.3(30)

Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937

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

	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)

	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>)

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

Dimensions: plate: 16 1/4 x 21 7/16 in. (41.2 x 54.4 cm); sheet: 19 7/16 x 25 1/8 in. (49.4 x 63.8 cm)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,description)

fantasy (identification)

Specific Subjects:

	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)

	pointed arch [300001072]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, <spanning and projecting structural elements>, <arches and arch components>, arches, <arches by form>) (AAT)

	Gothic (Medieval) [300020775]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European)) (AAT)

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

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

State: ; first state of six (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

.................... Gothic Arch, The

Sources and Contributors:
The Gothic Arch, 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]