ID: 700009526 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009526	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Gothic Arch, plate XIV, from the series Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons) (print (visual work); Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Venetian, 1720 - 1778); 1749–1760; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (San Francisco, San Franc...; 1957.186.14; )

Note: Gothic arch in a vast tiered and vaulted space bisected by pulleys and balconies.

Titles:

The Gothic Arch, plate XIV, from the series Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,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: 1749–1760

Creator Display:

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

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

Locations:

Current: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (San Francisco, San Francisco county, California, United States) [500308548] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1957.186.14

Credit Line: Gift of Osgood Hooker

Address Note: Achenbach Foundation

Display Materials: etching and engraving

	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)

	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: 41.5 x 54.7 cm (image)

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: Osgood Hooker, 1939 (complete set purchased from a European dealer through Philip Hofer, for $350.00. This set identified R. p.139); Preparatory drawing in the British Museum, London, 1908.6.16.28(R. fig 49);

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, plate XIV, from the series Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)	........ [VP]
	........ Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco [online] (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco [online] (2000-) accesed 8 August 2018